Research Proposal Format for the Students of Development Studies

1. Introduction
1.1. Statement of the Problem
1.2. One Paragraph Narrative of the Problem
1.3. The Topic
1.4. Conversion of the Topic into Hypotheses, Proposition and Questions
1.5. Objectives of the Research
1.6. Explanation of the Key Terms/Concepts
1.7. Units of Data Collection
2. Methods and Methodology
2.1. Difference between Methods and Methodology
2.2. Research Strategy
2.3. Research Design
2.4. Methods of Data Collection
2.5. Sampling
3. Locale
4. Review of Literature
4.1. Conceptual Framework
5. Significance of Research
6. References