Sociological Research on the Method of Social Research for the Evaluation of Developmental Projects

在扶贫项目中，开展了多种类型的社会调查，并进行了评估。有一些方法不在标准的社会研究方法中。它们包括参与性研究、人种学研究和焦点小组讨论。日本国际协力机构的评价体系仅限于项目的直接结果。它没有评估项目在项目期结束后可能带来的深远影响。此外，项目组往往很难收集到适合评价的良好数据。有一种情况是，评价人员体谅了项目成员，并积极肯定了项目活动的结果。我们需要开发和传播牢固地基于社会研究伦理的评估研究方法。

In the poverty reduction projects, many types of social research have been conducted and used for evaluation. There are methods that are not in a standard social research methodology. They include participatory research, ethnographic research, and focus group discussion. The evaluation system of JICA is confined to the immediate result of the project. It fails to evaluate the far-reaching impact that the project might bring after the end of the project period. Besides, it was often difficult for the project team to to collect good data appropriate for evaluation. There was a case where evaluators made allowances for the project members and positively ratified the result of project activities. We need to develop and disseminate methods of evaluation research based firmly on the ethics of social research.