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Methods for Community Participation

A Complete Guide for Practitioners

By: Somesh Kumar

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Paperback | 15 December 2002

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This book combines the concept, practice and application of participatory rural appraisal (PRA) in a comprehensive manner. The author views PRA as a means of opening up new ways of approaching various problems within the development process. He defines it as a growing body of methods to enable local people to share, enhance and analyse their knowledge of life and conditions in order to plan, act, monitor and evaluate their actions. The basic premise of PRA is that poor and marginalized people are capable of analysing their own realities and that they should be enabled to do so. The book provides examples from experiences, material with directions for use, as well as possibilities for innovation. It is rich in insight from actual practice in the field, and contains useful tips on the best practices which readers and practitioners will find extremely valuable. The final part provides a summary of the concept of PRA. Somesh Kumar joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1989, after a brief stint as a psychologist in the Ministry of Defence, Government of India.

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'Somesh Kumar has compiled this useful collection with the intention... of promoting "creativity, experimentation and growth". This is, then, a source of ideas and advice, not a set of marching orders.' Robert Chambers

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Social Groups Rural Communities Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning Regional & Area Planning Urban & Municipal Planning Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Interdisciplinary Studies Development Studies Rural Planning

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Space Related PRA Methods
Time Related PRA Methods
PRA Relation Methods
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