Report of Participatory Needs assessment with Muthande Society for the Aged in Clermont Township, Durban, South Africa
1996
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Sustainable Development at the Sharp End: Fieldworker experience in a participatory project
1995
Abstract
A reflection on some social development issues which have arisen in the first 5 years of the rainfed farming project in eastern India. The current paradigm is that seeing development as formal, planned and intended projects run by rule- and procedure-led institutions is no longer useful. A different vision is current: of mutual determination between individual action and social structures, of choice, resistance and struggle, of the power of the apparently weak, of the multiplicity and contingency of perceptions of reality and of the negotiated character of development outcomes. The paper describes the project, the assumptions on which it is based, relationships between actors and difficulties with PRA.
A resource Manual for Trainers and Practitioners of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)
1995
Abstract
This extract from the manual deals with analysing and reporting on PRA findings. The pages suggest that analysis is continuous and it is the responsibility of the PRA team to sort, analyse and check findings with key informants and also to make reports to outsiders.
Publisher
Development Administration Group, University of Birmingham
Birmingham, UK
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Literacy in circles?
1996
Abstract
This paper explores the potentials and limits of REFLECT, with particular reference to its piloting in Bundibugyo, Uganda. Issues examined include, post-literacy support and the language barriers experienced by newly-literates. The paper argues that since the present REFLECT programme in Bundibugyo leans more towards the methodology and ethics of PRA, it holds less opportunity for Freirean conscientization.
Publisher
ActionAid
London
http://www.actionaid.org.uk