Editorial: Immersions: learning about poverty face-to-face (PLA 57)

Journal article in: PLA 57. Guest editors: Izzy Birch, Raffaella Catani with Robert Chambers. For the full table of contents please click on ‘More information’ above.

This issue is a timely reflection of an emerging trend in development practice. It draws together the richness of immersion experience to: reflect diverse experiences of immersions; identify the challenges and opportunities presented by immersions; begin to explore their impacts; and inspire people to have immersions, and help make them a regular practice for development professionals.

Keywords: immersions, reality checks, policy, poverty.

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