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Opportunities, Challenges and Ethical Considerations as Insider-Researcher for a Community-Based Research in Redressing Livelihood Sustainability Issues

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  • Jackson Emerson Abraham

    (Doctoral Research Scholar, Centre of West African Studies, University of Birmingham and Senior Research Economist, Bank of Sierra Leone,Freetown, Sierra Leone)

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The thought about taking an ethical view-point to this research has emanated from the researcher's journey in preparing for a baseline survey of residents in Goderich using the Community-Based Research Participation (CBRP) approach to investigating concerns pertaining to sustainable livelihood needs. In as much as the overarching focus of the research is aimed at meaningful contribution to the body of knowledge, it was worth the effort in journeying through this phronetic / ethical exploration, which is not so common in research engagements carried out in developing countries like Sierra Leone. The role of the researcher as an insider was thoroughly explored, with the view of openness raised as the preferred option as a way of eliciting unbiased outcomes from participants and also, removing power domination, most often witnessed in researcher-participants relation with most research undertakings.

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  • Jackson Emerson Abraham, 2018. "Opportunities, Challenges and Ethical Considerations as Insider-Researcher for a Community-Based Research in Redressing Livelihood Sustainability Issues," Management of Sustainable Development, Sciendo, vol. 10(2), pages 63-66, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:msudev:v:10:y:2018:i:2:p:63-66:n:10
    DOI: 10.2478/msd-2019-0010
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    1. Jackson Emerson Abraham, 2018. "Contested Terrain of Sustainable Development Paradigm in Sierra Leone," Management of Sustainable Development, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences, vol. 10(1), pages 5-11, June.
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    1. Jackson, Emerson Abraham, 2023. "Economic anthropology insight: Narratives of livelihood exploration from fieldwork experience in Goderich-Sierra Leone," MPRA Paper 118575, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 0202.
    2. Jackson, Emerson Abraham, 2018. "Critical Review of Sampling Procedures in the Context of Sierra Leone's Low Literacy (and Under-resourced) Research Communities," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 7(4), pages 35-44.

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      Keywords

      Ethics; CBRP; Insider-researcher; Livelihood Sustainability; Sierra Leone;
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      JEL classification:

      • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development

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