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Participatory Learning Approaches: rapid rural appraisal and participatory appraisal
A comprehensive introduction to both RRA and PRA, with extensive bibliography and lists of contacts at the end. The first chapter focuses on the theory, with sections on the nature of RRA and PRA, the key concepts involved, the special prerequisites for carrying out "PRA", and the potentials and applications as well as limitations of this type of process. This is a fairly comprehensive analysis which includes two case studies.
Participatory Survey and Planning Methods in Development Cooperation: Rapid Rural Appraisal, Participatory Appraisal. An Introduction with Commentary
This comprehensive text begins with an introduction to key concepts of RRA and PRA, a consideration of the limitations of the methods, and a look into the future. The book considers the use of PRA in the project cycle, various methodological approaches in practice, participatory action research (PAR), Participatory Assessment, Monitoring and Evalustion (PAME) and ethnographic approaches; provides a toolbox of PRA methods and concludes with lists and directories of PRA Resources.