Brocklesby, Mary Ann

This report from DFID presents the findings from a review of 23 Participatory Poverty Assessments covering 14 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. The objective of the review was: To document the main findings and key messages from PPA's and complementary studies; To provide guidance on how poverty/environment links can be made more explicit in future PPA's. Three distinct aspects were addressed in the review; The messages of the poor; What the PPA's leave out; Areas where environmental causes and effects are alluded to but not elaborated upon.

This DfID report provides an overview of the main findings of PPA studies and summarises the messages that the poor people in the developing world are sending to those who determine policy and allocate public resources. The paper examines rural and urban conceptions of poverty and looks at policy lessons for addressing poverty and improving participation in public policy making.