Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) series

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Monitoring and evaluation, and impact evaluation methods

IIED's work in monitoring, evaluation and learning aims to provide the right type of information at the right time to the right people. Our goal is to learn about what works for whom, under what circumstances, how and why

1 March 2017 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
Participatory learning and action online archive launched

IIED's new online archive collects four decades of learning and experience documented in the Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) series. Former PLA co-editor Nicole Kenton welcomes the new site, which will provide a platform for renewed discussion and debate

30 August 2015 | Blog | Natural resource management
About PLA

The journal Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) helped to set a radical new development agenda and facilitated the development of a vigorous international community of participatory learning and action practitioners

27 March 2015 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
Participatory Learning and Action (PLA)

The PLA archive offers a substantial resource for those working to enhance the participation of ordinary people in local, regional, national and international decision-making

13 March 2015 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 66 - Tools for supporting sustainable natural resource management and livelihoods

Keep up to date with the latest participation news from Participatory Learning and Action – a leading informal journal on participatory methods and approaches that strengthen rights, voice and governance and promote social justice. The series is published in English, with some issues translated into other languages, and some issues available in multimedia formats.

1 September 2013 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
How communities are protecting their biocultural resources with community protocols

As delegates gather for the 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity this photostory looks at why two communities in India and Borneo have developed community protocols.

2 October 2012 | Blog | Biodiversity
PLA 65 - Biodiversity and culture: exploring community protocols, rights and consent

Keep up to date with the latest participation news from Participatory Learning and Action – a leading informal journal on participatory methods and approaches that strengthen rights, voice and governance and promote social justice. The series is published in English, with some issues translated into other languages, and some issues available in multimedia formats.

1 June 2012 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
Telling stories: the uses and misuses of communicating for change

Stories matter. The first session of the Climate Communications Day for journalists and media specialists at the UN Climate talks in Durban focused on the importance of telling stories to get the right messages out.

6 December 2011 | Blog | Communication
PLA 64 - Young citizens: youth and participatory governance in Africa

Keep up to date with the latest participation news from Participatory Learning and Action – a leading informal journal on participatory methods and approaches that strengthen rights, voice and governance and promote social justice. The series is published in English, with some issues translated into other languages, and some issues available in multimedia formats.

1 December 2011 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 62 - Wagging the dragon's tail: emerging practices in participatory poverty reduction in China

Keep up to date with the latest participation news from Participatory Learning and Action – a leading informal journal on participatory methods and approaches that strengthen rights, voice and governance and promote social justice. The series is published in English, with some issues translated into other languages, and some issues available in multimedia formats.

1 August 2011 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 61: Tales of shit: Community-Led Total Sanitation in Africa

Keep up to date with the latest participation news from Participatory Learning and Action – a leading informal journal on participatory methods and approaches that strengthen rights, voice and governance and promote social justice. The series is published in English, with some issues translated into other languages, and some issues available in multimedia formats.

1 November 2010 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change

Keep up to date with the latest participation news from Participatory Learning and Action – a leading informal journal on participatory methods and approaches that strengthen rights, voice and governance and promote social justice. The series is published in English, with some issues translated into other languages, and some issues available in multimedia formats.

1 December 2009 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 59: Change at hand: Web 2.0 for development

Keep up to date with the latest participation news from Participatory Learning and Action – a leading informal journal on participatory methods and approaches that strengthen rights, voice and governance and promote social justice. The series is published in English, with some issues translated into other languages, and some issues available in multimedia formats.

1 June 2009 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 58: Towards empowered participation: stories and reflections

Keep up to date with the latest participation news from Participatory Learning and Action – a leading informal journal on participatory methods and approaches that strengthen rights, voice and governance and promote social justice. The series is published in English, with some issues translated into other languages, and some issues available in multimedia formats.

1 June 2008 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 57: Immersions: learning about poverty face-to-face

Keep up to date with the latest participation news from Participatory Learning and Action – a leading informal journal on participatory methods and approaches that strengthen rights, voice and governance and promote social justice. The series is published in English, with some issues translated into other languages, and some issues available in multimedia formats.

1 December 2007 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 56: General issue

Keep up to date with the latest participation news from Participatory Learning and Action – a leading informal journal on participatory methods and approaches that strengthen rights, voice and governance and promote social justice. The series is published in English, with some issues translated into other languages, and some issues available in multimedia formats.

1 June 2007 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 55: Practical tools for community conservation in southern Africa

Keep up to date with the latest participation news from Participatory Learning and Action – a leading informal journal on participatory methods and approaches that strengthen rights, voice and governance and promote social justice. The series is published in English, with some issues translated into other languages, and some issues available in multimedia formats.

1 December 2006 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 54: Mapping for change: practice, technologies and communication

Keep up to date with the latest participation news from Participatory Learning and Action – a leading informal journal on participatory methods and approaches that strengthen rights, voice and governance and promote social justice. The series is published in English, with some issues translated into other languages, and some issues available in multimedia formats.

1 April 2006 | Article | Biodiversity
PLA 53: Tools for influencing power and policy

Keep up to date with the latest participation news from Participatory Learning and Action – a leading informal journal on participatory methods and approaches that strengthen rights, voice and governance and promote social justice. The series is published in English, with some issues translated into other languages, and some issues available in multimedia formats.

1 December 2005 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 52: General Issue

This edition of Participatory Learning and Action is a general issue, and includes articles from practitioners around the world.

1 August 2005 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 51: Civil society and poverty reduction

Keep up to date with the latest participation news from Participatory Learning and Action – a leading informal journal on participatory methods and approaches that strengthen rights, voice and governance and promote social justice. The series is published in English, with some issues translated into other languages, and some issues available in multimedia formats.

1 April 2005 | Article | Biodiversity
PLA 50: Critical reflections, future directions

Keep up to date with the latest participation news from Participatory Learning and Action – a leading informal journal on participatory methods and approaches that strengthen rights, voice and governance and promote social justice. The series is published in English, with some issues translated into other languages, and some issues available in multimedia formats.

1 October 2004 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 49: Decentralisation and community-based planning

1 April 2004 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 48: Learning and teaching participation

1 December 2003 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 47: General Issue

1 August 2003 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 46: Participatory processes for policy change

1 February 2003 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 45: Community-based animal healthcare

Participatory Learning and Action: a journal for newcomers and experienced practitioners alikeAbout PLA: Backgrou

1 October 2002 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 44: Local Government and Participation

1 June 2002 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 43: Advocacy and Citizen Participation

Participatory Learning and Action: a journal for newcomers and experienced practitioners alikeAbout PLA: Backgrou

1 February 2002 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 42: Children's Participation - Evaluating Effectiveness

This issue of Participatory Learning and Action examines issues surrounding the evaluation of children's participation.

1 October 2001 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 41: General Issue

1 June 2001 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 39: Participatory Communication

1 October 2000 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 38: Participatory Processes in the North

1 June 2000 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 40: Deliberative Democracy and Citizen Empowerment

1 February 2000 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 37: Sexual and Reproductive Health

1 February 2000 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 36: General Issue

1 October 1999 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 35: Community Water Management

1 June 1999 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 34: Learning from Analysis

The special theme section of this issue of PLA looks at ‘analysis’: the tricky process of ‘making sense’ of the information derived from participatory approaches

1 February 1999 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
RRA Notes 3: General Issue

1 December 1998 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
RRA Notes 2: General Issue

1 October 1998 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 33: Understanding Market Opportunities

1 October 1998 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 32: Participation, Literacy and Empowerment

1 June 1998 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 31: Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation

Most of the articles in this issue of PLA Notes draw on a workshop on Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation which was held in the Philippines in November 1997.

1 February 1998 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 30: Participation and Fishing Communities

Participatory Learning and Action: a journal for newcomers and experienced practitioners alikeAbout PLA: Backgrou

1 October 1997 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 29: Performance and Participation

1 June 1997 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 28: Methodological Complementarity

Participatory Learning and Action: a journal for newcomers and experienced practitioners alikeAbout PLA: Backgrou

1 February 1997 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 27: Participation, Policy and Institutionalisation

Participatory Learning and Action: a journal for newcomers and experienced practitioners alikeAbout PLA: Backgrou

1 October 1996 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 26: General Issue

1 June 1996 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 25: Special Issue on Children's Participation

1 February 1996 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 24: Critical Reflections from Practice

This issue of PLA Notes brings together social anthropologists, policy makers, NGO workers, economists, ecologists and trainers to reflect on the practice of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA).

1 October 1995 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 23: Participatory Approaches to HIV/AIDS Programmes

This issue of Participatory Learning and Action features articles which describe experiences and issues relating to participatory approaches to HIV and AIDS programmes.

1 June 1995 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
PLA 22: General Issue

1 February 1995 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
RRA Notes 21: Participatory Tools and Methods in Urban Areas

Participatory Learning and Action: a journal for newcomers and experienced practitioners alikeAbout PLA: Backgrou

1 November 1994 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
RRA Notes 20: Livestock

1 April 1994 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
RRA Notes 19: Training

1 February 1994 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
RRA Notes 18: General Issue

1 June 1993 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
RRA Notes 17: General Issue

1 March 1993 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
RRA Notes 16: Applications for Health

1 July 1992 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
RRA Notes 15: Applications of Wealth Ranking

1 May 1992 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
RRA Notes 14: General Issue

Participatory Learning and Action: a journal for newcomers and experienced practitioners alikeAbout PLA: Backgrou

1 December 1991 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
RRA Notes 13: The proceedings of the Bangalore PRA Trainers Workshop

1 October 1991 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
RRA Notes 12: General Issue

1 July 1991 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
RRA Notes 11: Proceedings of a Local Level Adaptive Planning Workshop, London

1 May 1991 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
RRA Notes 10: General Issue

1 February 1991 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
RRA Notes 9: General Issue

1 August 1990 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
RRA Notes 8: General Issue

1 January 1990 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
RRA Notes 7: Proceedings of the RRA Review Workshop

1 September 1989 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
RRA Notes 6: General Issue

1 June 1989 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
RRA Notes 5: General Issue

The fifth issue of RRA notes includes four articles illustrating a range of applications of the Rapid Rural Appraisal approach.

1 May 1989 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
RRA Notes 4: General Issue

1 February 1989 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning
RRA Notes 1: General Issue

1 June 1988 | Article | Monitoring, evaluation and learning

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