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- Title
Data Dilemmas: Availability, Access and Applicability for Analysis in Sub-Saharan African Cities.
- Authors
Borel-Saladin, Jacqueline
- Abstract
This paper is a reflection on the challenges of undertaking cross-country comparative research involving quantitative data in sub-Saharan Africa. It draws inspiration from the experience of attempting a comparative project involving the collection and analysis of secondary data from Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe for the Consuming Urban Poverty (CUP) project. Secondary city-level data on poverty and labour markets were required. Acquiring these smaller-scale, subject-specific data posed certain challenges. However, these challenges are not unique to these three countries. Thus, first, the paper focuses on the experience of attempting to conduct the specific CUP research in these countries. Then the discussion broadens to address the general challenges of conducting quantitative research in sub-Saharan Africa, especially at the level of the city.
- Subjects
AFRICA; URBAN poor; LABOR market; POVERTY &; society; QUANTITATIVE research; URBAN planning
- Publication
Urban Forum, 2017, Vol 28, Issue 4, p333
- ISSN
1015-3802
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12132-017-9320-5