Bangladesh - Belgium

Citizens’ Voice and Accountability Evaluation – Bangladesh Country Case Study
Annex B. Methodology
The Research Team
Research team comprised the following:
Name Domicile Specialisation Role in team
Dee Jupp PhD UK (formerly 12
years in
Bangladesh)
Participatory social
development
expert
Teamleader- but
shared with Dr
Holland because of
illness
Jeremy Holland
PhD
UK
Participatory
governance expert
Team
member/teamleader
Sohel Ibn Ali MBA Bangladesh Activist and local Team
governance expert
Jens Stanislawski Bangladesh Politics and local
governance
1. Research Questions
member/logistics
Team member
The Bangladesh Country Case Study was expected to answer four main research
questions
• Channels, mechanisms and processes:
‣ What are the main channels (actors, spaces and opportunities) for
citizens’ voice and empowerment (especially for the poor, marginalised
and excluded groups) and accountability of government to its citizens?
‣ How do these channels actually work?
• Results and outcomes:
‣ How effective are the approaches adopted by the donors – effective in
contributing to enhanced CVA?
• Pathways to broader development outcomes and impacts:
‣ In what ways are CVA interventions leading to poverty reduction and to
the achievement of the MDGs?
‣ Which intervention strategies (‘models of change’) have proved to be
successful in leading from improved CVA to broader development
outcomes?
• CV&A and aid effectiveness:
‣ What lessons can be drawn about donors’ effectiveness in supporting
CVA – particularly in relation to the principles of the Paris Agreement –
principles of ownership, alignment and harmonisation?
In an attempt to answer these questions, the team carried out
• Interviews with a range of key Bangladeshi research persons to elaborate
the country context
• An inception workshop with a range of CVA stakeholders including NGOs,
CSOs, faith based groups, media(print and electronic), Trade Unions,
Chamber of Commerce and representatives of the donor community (both
those involved in the study and others) to agree on definitions of CVA and
criteria for selection of case studies
• Interviews with the DAC donors to select CVA interventions as case studies
• Interviews with donors other than those involved in this study to understand
the wider range of CVA interventions
• Interviews and focus group discussions with staff of projects selected as
case studies
• Focus group discussions with beneficiaries of CVA case study interventions
• Field visits to the projects to observe CVA activities.
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