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Report of a PRA workshop on poverty alleviation Chuluut Sum, Arkhangai Aimag, Mongolia, 28-30 August 1995

Authors: 
Ebdon, R.
1995

Abstract

The report describes a two-and-a-half day workshop on PRA and poverty alleviation in Mongolia. The workshop focused on issues of local poverty and introduced PRA techniques as a means to identifying causes and potential solutions. It also provided a discussion forum for the exchange of ideas between sum officials, bag governors, representatives of herders and sum centre poor, and outsiders. A brief introduction to participation and PRA and its context in Mongolia was followed by a poverty analysis exercise to establish the local situation. Various PRA techniques were introduced - semi-structured interviewing, mapping, matrix scoring, seasonal calendars and daily activities. The final sessions introduced the SWOT analysis and planning methodology (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) to bring the focus from general analysis to planning.

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The good, the bad, the well, the ill : popular perspectives on poverty from four Asian countries

Authors: 
South Asia Partnership Canada
et al
1999

Abstract

A report of poverty consultations in four countries -dialogues with poor people in rural and ruban localities aimed at informing Canadian aid policy. It attempts to provide the reader with a snapshot of the lives and concerns of the people represented in each of the four country consultations. It does not advance a definitve notion or universally applicable set of indicators of well-being, but refers to the great variability that exists between and among even the communities represented and the indivudals within them.

Cost-effective targeting: two tools to identify the poor

Authors: 
Gibbons, David. S.
Simanowitz, Anton
Nkuna, Ben
1999

Abstract

This manual presents methods by which the poor and the poorest can be identified so that they can be reached by the services of microfinance institutions - and so that the non-poor can be excluded from them. Whilst poverty targeting has long been regarded as difficult and costly, the authors argue that these methods, developed through field experience, are practical and cost-effective. The CASHPOR (Credit and Savings for the Hard-Core Poor) Network has developed a House Index that is adapted to the house styles of all countries in Asia where the Network programmes are operating. The Small Enterprise Foundation (SEF) has taken the methodology of Participatory Wealth Ranking and developed it to become an effective and cost effective means of identifying the poor. The manual gives practical details of these two methods for use by microfinance practitioners and others.

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CASHPOR

Seremban, Malaysia
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Enhancing ownership and sustainability: a resource book on participation

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Authors: 
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC)
International Institute for Rural Reconstruction (IIRR)
2001

Abstract

This is a resource book designed primarily for development workers working within the field of the rural poor. It describes a range of first-hand experiences with participatory approaches in the context of projects funded by The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and governments in Asia and the Pacific. The book is divided into a number of sections. Part One examines poverty and participation and explains why the poor should be targeted and in what ways this is possible. Part Two describes in detail the actual participatory approaches. Part three concentrates on participation in the project planning and implementation stage. Part Four assesses the monitoring impact and Part Five examines issues in participation with regards to institutions, partnerships and governance.

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Indonesia Reality Check Main Study Findings: listening to poor people's realities about basic education

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Authors: 
Dee Jupp et al
2010

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This report presents the main findings arising from an evaluation of basic education in Indonesia carried out by GRM International.  It uses reality check methodology whose purpose is “listening to, trying to understand and convey poor people’s reality”.  It provides insights into how activities under the Australian Government funded Indonesia Basic Education Program (BEP) which ran from 2006-2010 has translated into the experienced reality of people living in poverty.