Publication year:
1993
This paper a) identifies classifiers of economic status used by rural communities in the area studied - Tamil Nadu, India, b) attempts to determine why local communitites and development professionals have used 'incorrect' criteria for this classification and c)compares standard economic household rankings with rankings using PRA methods.
Interest groups:
Wealth rankings using PRA methods were found to reflect more accurately the position of the community as they took into consideration factors which were appropriate to the local community whereas formal household ranking was too rigid to accommodate other criteria. A good description of the wealth ranking process highlighted by the comparison to formal ranking procedures.
Publisher reference:
Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ruhsa Campus, Tamil Nadu