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The implementation of VIPP [Visualization in Participatory Programmes] in Zambia : an evaluation report for UNICEF 1994 - 1997.

Authors: 
Wyss, Esther
Whitney, Barbara
1997

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Report of evaluation carried out three years after introduction of VIPP by UNICEF Zambia at the country office level. The report describes the participatory evaluation methodology used. The evaluation was built on a framework designed to investigate initial reactions, acceptance, commitment and impact of the traning methodology with particular attention being paid to the indicator "degree to which the environment has become more participatory."

Participation and combined methods in African poverty assessment : renewing the agenda.

Authors: 
Booth, D.
et al
1998

Abstract

Report on participatory poverty assessments, highlighting new tendencies in the methodology and their contribution to new insights into African policy. Intensive use is made of both formal poverty assessments, especially in Zambia and Tanzania and other substantive work. The report notes the widespread adoption of principles of PPA (multiple stakeholders and diverse investigative styles) and concludes that the momentum of participatory and combined approaches is best sustained by disseminating as widely as possible the increasing sophistication and evolving agenda of work in this area.

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PRA: a tool for community capacity building?

Authors: 
Eaton, Chris
1996

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Brief note on results of internal evaluation regarding the use of PRA by The Community Action Programme in Uganda. In the programme trained community facilitators used PRA techniques with partner communities to develop micro-projects. The report outlines some of the short-comings of the facilitation process based on the results of a survey of a random sample of the partner communities. The survey examined, attendance by men and women of PRA sessions, PRA tools remembered by participants and aspects learnt, the relationship between men and women's main problems and the final choice of micro-project and their level of agreement with it.

Synthesising PRA and case study materials : a participatory process for developing outlines, concepts and overview reports : case study of the participatory poverty assessment report writing workshop, Kisumbe, Shinyanga Region, Tanzania, 22 - 28 September

Authors: 
Gaventa, John
1997

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Draft report describing a participatory method used during a workshop to synthesise information from 8 village level participatory poverty assessment (PPA) studies and create a detailed structure for a synthesis report.

Farmers and researchers : The road to partnership.

Authors: 
Merrill-Sands, Deborah
Collion, Marie-Helene
1994

Abstract

Systematic farmer involvement in agricultural research organisations in developing countries has been weak, and the impact of the introduction of farmer responsive research methods has been disappointing. More attention needs to be paid to political and institutional dimensions, in order to permanently alter the balance of power between research and its clients. Opportunities include participatory planning to involve farmers systematically in prioritising the research agenda and incorporating their needs. Strengthening and linking farmersÆ associations with research organisations enable clients to express demand, pressurise and work with research organisations.

Challenging the populist perspective : rural peoples knowledge, agricultural research and extension practice.

Authors: 
Thompson, John
Scoones, Ian
1994

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The authors view knowledge as a social process, and knowledge systems in terms of multiple actors and networks through which the communication and negotiation of information takes place, and not as unitary cohesive structures. The purpose of this paper is to challenge æFarmer FirstÆ unitary populist approaches to knowledge to reassess how people in different agroecological and sociocultural contexts understand and deal with research and extension processes, engage each other in different endeavours, and assert power relations for social and political purposes.

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