Participatory Rural Appraisal: Methodology and Applications

This book is a study on rural participation based on the methodology of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), the accompanying methods and field-level applications.  It is divided into four chapters: the first provides a short introduction to the logic of PRA, its significance, principles, foundations, kinds and origin; the second analyses the indigenous knowledge-sources and discusses the different participatory methods in the light of field experiences; the thirds describes applications of PRA in understanding of poverty, wealth, ecology, gender and health and the fourth illustrates some policy measures flowing from such applications, discusses the limitations posed to the use of PRA and the opportunities which PRA offers as a participatory methodology.