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Logical frameworks : a critical assessment, managerial theory, pluralistic practice
1997
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A critical review of the logical framework and ZOPP methodologies identifying strengths and weaknesses and asking why the LFA is "apparently most at home in aid projects, where power imbalances and existential distance between parties are so marked."
Crisis intervention by community participation
1997
Abstract
Use of PRA to confirm local mechanisms for coping with cyclone disaster on the coast of Andhra Pradesh.
Mixing PRA methods with secondary research in organisational self-assessment
1997
Abstract
a brief account of one attempt to use PRA and other methods in analysing the impact, cost-effectiveness and sustainability of two Indian NGOs and two programmes run by SCF in Bangladesh.
Framing participation : development projects, professionals and organisations.
1997
Abstract
This paper discusses the way in which the current tools of participatory development, including PRA, can be used to promote either participation or control, depending on the way in which they are used.
Theatre for development (Part 1)
1997
Publisher
Uganda Participatory Development Network
Kampala
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Gender, participation and organizations in Bhutanese refugee camps.
1998
Abstract
This paper analyses the different approaches taken by three NGOs working in Bhutanese refugee camps in Nepal, to incorporate women and refugees into their organizational structures. The impacts the different strategies had on both programme activities and women are examined.
Publisher
Intermediate Technology Publications
Rugby, UK
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Recent experiences with participatory technology development in Africa : practitioners' review.
1998
Abstract
Review of nine DFID participatory technology development (PTD) projects. Three thematic areas are considered: farmer participation, participation by other stakeholders and participation within a multidisciplinary team.
A note for the staff of bilateral and multilateral aid agencies and of northern NGOs on participatory rural appraisal (PRA)
1994
Abstract
Note outlining the essentials of PRA, including what it is, where it is found, how it has been applied and some of its dangers and shortcomings. Do's and don'ts for its use by agency staff are highlighted.