Publication year:
1994
This provocative article reflects on the experience of conducting PRA exercises in Madhya Pradesh, India. The issues relate to Kulkarni's role as "development manager" in the context of villagers working directly with government officials. The ethical, political and methodological dimensions of PRA (specifically wealth ranking and social mapping) are all brought out in the discussion.
Interest groups:
Trainers of trainers, trainers, planners and policy makers (particularly in the Government context) need to consider the issues raised in this article.
Pages:
38-39
Holdings:
IIED