CONTENTS: CONFERENCE PROGRAM AND PARTICIPANTS (i); Q-SQUARED? A COMMENTARY ON QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE POVERTY APPRAISAL, Ravi Kanbur (1); QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE POVERTY APPRAISAL: THE STATE OF PLAY AND SOME QUESTIONS, Ravi Kanbur (17); QUALITATIVE APPROACHES: SELF CRITICISM AND WHAT CAN BE GAINED FROM QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES, Robert Chambers (22); THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS?, Robert Chambers (26); SELF-CRITICISM AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE WAY TO FINISHING VOICES OF THE POOR: FROM MANY LANDS, Patti Petesch (30); BRIDGING QUANTITATIVE-QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCES IN POVERTY APPRAISAL: SELF-CRITICAL THOUGHTS ON QUALITATIVE APPROACHES, Norman Uphoff (33); CAN QUALITATIVE METHODS HELP QUANTITATIVE POVERTY MEASUREMENT?, Martin Ravallion (38); QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES TO POVERTY ANALYSIS: TWO PICTURES OF THE SAME MOUNTAIN?, Francois Bourguignon (44); STRENGTHENING QUANTITATIVE METHODS THROUGH INCORPORATING QUALITATIVE INFORMATION, David E. Sahn (47); ‘APT ILLUSTRATION’ OR ‘ANECDOTAL INFORMATION?’ CAN QUALITATIVE DATA BE REPRESENTATIVE OR ROBUST?, Caroline Moser (52); INTEGRATING QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES: LESSONS FROM THE PASTORAL RISK MANAGEMENT PROJECT, Chris Barrett (56); TOWARDS A BETTER COMBINATION OF THE QUANTITATIVE AND THE QUALITATIVE: SOME DESIGN ISSUES FROM PAKISTAN’S PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENT, David Booth (60); POTTERS AND SLUMS: TWO QUALITATIVE/QUANTITATIVE PROJECTS IN INDIA, Vijayendra Rao (65); THE QUAL-QUANT DEBATE WITHIN ITS EPISTEMOLOGICAL CONTEXT: SOME PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS, Luc Christiaensen (70); INTEGRATING THE QUAL AND THE QUAN: WHEN AND WHY?, Jesko Hentschel (75); DIFFICULTIES IN COMBINING INCOME/CONSUMPTION AND PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES TO POVERTY: ISSUES AND EXAMPLES, Paul Shaffer (80); QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE POVERTY APPRAISAL WORKSHOP: SOME REFLECTIONS AND RESPONSES, Rosemary McGee (85); WHAT IS REQUIRED TO REDUCE TENSIONS AND INCREASE COMPLEMENTARITY?, Rosemary McGee (89); DATA AS SOCIAL PRODUCT: PROBLEMS IN QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE WORK, Ron Herring (91); THE EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM IN SOUTH AFRICA: FROM COINTEGRATION TO MR. ISAACS, Gary S. Fields (95); POVERTY RESEARCH: EXTRACTIVE OR EMPOWERING?, Alex Wilks (99); TENSIONS, COMPLEMENTARITIES AND POSSIBLE CONVERGENCE BETWEEN THE QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES TO POVERTY ASSESSMENT, Erik Thorbecke (103)