PLA 27: Participation, Policy and Institutionalisation
Most of this issue of PLA Notes is devoted to the use of participatory approaches to inform policy and shape institutions.
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October 1996
This issue opens with a collection of general articles focused on agriculture and health.
The special theme section of this issue of PLA Notes draws on three workshops organised in 1996. The first two workshops, held at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, explored how PRA can be used to influence policy and how participatory approaches can become part of an organisation’s culture. The third workshop, held in Bangalore, India, discussed the attitude and behaviour changes which underpin effective participatory processes. The articles explore the opportunities and the constraints to scaling up participatory processes and discuss how PRA can be linked to a wider and enabling policy environment.
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Contents
Reflections from farmer-led trials in India
T. Barik, R.N. Mohapatra, P.L. Pradhan and B.P. Mohapatra
Farmers' on-farm participatory research: experiences in Ethiopia
Ejigu Jonfa
And what about women? Promoting gender balanced participation
Wenny W. S. Ho
Child Health Calendars
Eleanor McGee
Assessing perceptions of 'basic minimum needs': a modified Venn diagram technique
Carin Duchscherer and Duke Duchscherer
Participation, Policy and Institutionalisation
Participation, policy and institutionalisation: an overview
John Thompson, Jo Abbot and Fiona Hinchcliffe
The use of RRA to inform policy: observations from Madagascar and Guinea
Karen Schoonmaker Freudenberger
'The one who rides the donkey does not know the ground is hot.'
Tony Dogbe
Village voices challenging wetland management policies: PRA experiences from Pakistan and India
Michel Pimbert, Biksham Gujja and Meera Shah
Linking PRA to policy: the conflict analysis framework
M. Warner, C. Robb, A. Mackay, and M. Brocklesby
Challenges in influencing public policy: an NGO perspective
Anil Shah
Participatory shaping of institutional landscapes
Markus Steinich
The rush to scale: lessons being learned in Indonesia
Nilanjana Mukherjee
Scaling up or scaling down?
Kamal Kar and Sue Phillips
Going to scale: community resource appraisal and planning in the Philippines
Larry P. Nacionales and Maxwell P. Wilkie
ABC of PRA: attitude and behaviour change
Somesh Kumar
Sharing our experiences: an appeal to donors and governments
Abu Hena Mallik et al.
Feedback: Different perspectives, experiences with RRA in Zambezi District, Zambia
Bart Pijnenburg and Daniëlla de Winter, with a response by Bara Gueye
- The price of rice: exploring the meaning behind the data
Cate Turton and Albert Aquino - Participatory project evaluation among dryland dwellers
Ute Reckers - Using names as a guide to past ecology and land-use practices
MTE Mbuvi - Insider and outsider voting: reflections from Scotland
Carolyn Jones
A brief guide to preparing for training and facilitating
Tips for Trainers: For or against?
Irene Guijt
