Main findings of a participatory impact assessment in which people's own perceptions and indicators of change are compared with conventional monitoring indicators. The report also includes information on the impact of the project on the lives of women and children and raises issues of sustainability, equity and degree of participation in activities and outcomes.
The book analyses development NGO responses to rapid global change and provides practical suggestions to NGOs for improving effectiveness while maintaining values and promoting participation of the poor and marginalised.
Drawing on case studies from six countries, this report examines recent innovative applications of PRA in research, development and impact analysis of irrigation and water resource management programmes. The case studies are taken from different socio-technical contexts and range from the use of PRA to examine water user's perspectives of irrigation performance to watershed management planning. Lessons learnt from the examples are outlined and finally challenges and opportunities for the use of participatory methods in water resource management are summarised. Issues considered include, confusion over definitions and objectives, the degree of importance placed on methods, confusion over the role of professionals, the influence of politics and power, measuring of impacts, complementarity between conventional research methods and PRAand finally the challenge of institutionalising participatory approaches in government bureaucracies.
Presents the case study of the Accelerated Irrigation Transfer Program in Turkey whereby transfer of government built and operated systems has taken place. The case study is of particular interest because of the speed of the process and also because the transfer of responsibility has been to local village or municipal governments or representative federations of villages or municipalities rather than to farmer associations which has been the norm in other countries.
The process adopted for transferring management responsibility is documented and reveals that there has been little participation by water users. Factors facilitating the process are identified and an initial assessment of impacts, benefits and costs is made and potential future problems and challenges suggested.
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A handbook for UNDP staff providing a brief introduction to the evolution of the participatory approach, a comparison of participatory evaluation with other approaches, a discussion of the role of participation in UNDP and a description of the framework of an evaluation.
Excerpts from T.R.Batten's 1957 book ' Communities and their Development' and thoughts on their relevance today.
A collection of eleven cartoons depicting issues regarding the spread of PRA and bad practice.
A collection of 21 games and exercises to be used in training sessions, designed to stimulate reflection on behaviour and attitudes.
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Report on PRA carried out by World Bank in ten villages in Mali to complement quantitative data previously collected on the red meat sub-sector for policy development purposes.