Interviewing in PRA

This note on interviewing in PRA begins by emphasising the importance of communication in interviews, contrasting good interviewing with questionnaire interviews. On methods and principles of interviewing, the paper stresses desirable attributes of interviewers, types of interviews (individual, group, informal), categories of interviewees (e.g. stakeholders), interview teams and materials plus some notes on the interview process. The paper ends with a list of Do's and Don'ts and some general tips.