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Participation in Poverty Reduction Strategies: a synthesis of experience with participatory approaches to policy design, implementation and monitoring
( R. Mcgee; A. Norton / Participation Group, IDS , 2000)
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently endorsed the preparation and implementation of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) by borrower countries seeking to benefit from the...
The Power of Participation
( R. Chambers; J. Blackburn / Participation Group, IDS , 1996)
Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) has much to offer the policy-making process. It provides a way to give poor people a voice, enabling them to express and analyse their problems and priorities. Used...
Immersions for policy and personal change: reflection and learning for development professionals
( R. Eyben; R. Chambers / Participation Group, IDS , 2004)
Senior staff in aid agencies are involved in daily decisions about policy and practice which have direct impact on the lives of poor people. But in a rapidly changing world, how can they be sure that ...
If relationships matter, how can they be improved?: learning about relationships in development
( K. Pasteur; P. Scott-Villiers / Participation Group, IDS , 2004)
It is now widely accepted, particularly in the private sector, that organisational learning improves performance. This paper explores the observation that much learning is done in the person-to person...
Participatory learning groups in an aid bureaucracy
( A. Cornwall; G. Pratt; P. Scott -Villiers / Participation Group, IDS , 2004)
This paper narrates the process of establishing and running two participatory learning groups in the Swedish official development agency, Sida: one in the Stockholm headquarters, and one in the Embass...
Battling for corporate accountability:experiences from the titanium mining campaign in Kwale, Kenya
( E.V. Ojiambo / Participation Group, IDS , 2002)
This paper argues that transnational corporation ventures ought to factor in and mainstream accountability at the early stages of a project, implying that corporate accountability is a process to be ...
Relaxed and participatory appraisal: notes on practical approaches and methods for participants in PRA/PLA related familiarisation workshops
( R. Chambers / Participation Group, IDS , 2002)
These notes are an updated foundation for workshop participants. They cover - what is PRA, the common elements of its approach, its origins and spread, concerns about its practice and the relationship...

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