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<strong>Attendance:</strong> 21 participants representing 15 organizations

Representation from 8 highly reputed research organizations, and 7 important market players in the sector

<strong>Objective(s):</strong>

The objective of the roundtable discussion was to engage research sector experts to provide input on two of Catalyst strategic research initiatives: Impact assessment study to be conducted by People Research on India�s Consumer Economy (PRICE), and ii) Ethnographic small merchant study to be conducted by IFMR LEAD.

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<ul>
 	<li>Role of secondary sources for the studies under review</li>
 	<li>Study scope and approach</li>
 	<li>Methodology</li>
 	<li>Data collection strategy</li>
</ul>
<strong>Key Outcomes</strong>

Research partnership

Despite the difference in the sector specializations present in the room, the participants combined forces to flesh out how to improve research methodology and approach to solve the problems at hand. Also, a significant number of individuals showed interest to collaborate and contribute in the future.

Methodology validity

Since the studies are unique in nature, the collaboration and input from everyone in the audience helped validate the methodology and approach. The discussion produced great suggestions on small tweaks to improve the rigor and external validity of the impact assessment and the ethnographic merchant study. For example, one suggestion was to conduct short high-frequency process monitoring. In this approach, a sub-sample is selected and a 5-7minute phone call is conducted to assess shift in behaviour over time.

<strong>Resources</strong>
<ul>
 	<li><a class="pevents-link" href="https://cashlesscatalyst.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/agenda.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Agenda</a></li>
 	<li><a class="pevents-link" href="https://cashlesscatalyst.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Dr-Tomar-Introduction-to-Jaipur-City-Economic-Census-Point-of-View.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">J.S. Tomar�s presentation on the 6<sup>th</sup> Economic Census of India with a focus on Jaipur city</a></li>
 	<li><a class="pevents-link" href="https://cashlesscatalyst.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Rajesh.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">R. Shukla�s presentation on Impact Assessment Study</a></li>
 	<li><a class="pevents-link" href="https://cashlesscatalyst.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Project-Catalyst_Ethno-study170417.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">S. Pandit�s presentation on Ethnographic Small Merchant Study</a></li>
</ul>
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