Using participatory methods to understand gender differences in perceptions of poverty, well-being and social change: people's perspective from a village in Ghana

This paper presents a case study of a village in Ghana where PRA methods were used to explore gender differences in perceptions of well-being and poverty, the impact of poverty on women and men, and the implications for economic and social change. The exercise revealed the heterogeneity of concerns within the community and within households. PRA methods were found to be effective in eliciting people's own perceptions of intra-household relations and the gender differentiated impact of poverty.
See also author's paper of same title (1993).