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The paper starts with a question - are women as a group poor in the Republic of Guinea? and uses evidence from both the household survey and PRA in answering the question. Existing data on consumption poverty obtained from household surveys are assessed in detail in an attempt to answer the above question. PRA methods, such as well-being ranking, group discussion, social mapping are used in assessing gender deprivation. Finally, the paper addresses the question of generalisability of PRA based assessment in the larger, national context.

This is a draft report of the first phase of research carried out for the Ghana Participatroy Poverty Assessment (PPA). The report begins by stating the design and objectives of the research carried out. The principle conclusions made from the first phase of field work are then documented and their policy implications outlined.
Annexes to the report include field site reports for Maamobi, Sombo and Derma and also the trainers' report from the initial workshop held for the PPA facilitators.