Rapid/Participatory Rural Appraisal: Frontiers of Research
This report covers the proceedings of a one-day seminar organised by the Aga Khan Foundation, UK on RRA/PRA. The main part of the report contains articles from Robert Chambers and Parmesh Shah which discusses the origins, pillars, principles, precepts along with the applications of PRA in various NGOs and government institutes in India. A second article by Chambers describes at length the practical approaches and methods involved in conducting Relaxed and Participatory Rural Appraisal with a precautionary note on the potential problems and dangers in using P/RRA.