This brief provides a structure to support decisions about appropriate research designs to answer questions about the value microinsurance has to clients. It begins by describing what a “perfect” research design seeks to achieve, and what it requires. Then the paper discusses practical considerations that can limit researchers’ ability to implement perfect studies, and end with a discussion of alternative research designs. A short glossary of important research terms is also included at the end.
MILK Brief #6: Research Design for Measuring the Client Value of Microinsurance
ByKarlijn Morsink, Peter Geurts, Barbara Magnoni, and Emily Zimmerman
28 October 2011
MILK Brief #6: Research Design for Measuring the Client Value of Microinsurance