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dc.contributor.authorNgunjiri, Eliud*
dc.contributor.editorEade, Deborahen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-24T09:48:57Zen
dc.date.available2011-05-24T09:48:57Zen
dc.date.issued1998-11-01en
dc.identifier.issn0961-4524en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09614529853486en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/130341en
dc.descriptionThe author puts forward the personal view that participatory methodologies (such as Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) and Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA)) are often used by NGOs in such a way that they create a negative impact on the community they were intended to empower. Arguing that these methodologies incite the poor to feel the need to seem poor - a potentially disastrous starting point for any collaborative community/NGO initiative - the author advocates an approach by which communities identify their resources, and their capacity to improve their quality of life. An earlier version of this article was presented by the author at a PAMFORK Participatory Methodologies Workshop held on 24-27 September 1996 at Resurrection Gardens, Karen-Nairobi, and was published in Baobab, Issue 22 (1997).<p>This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.</p>en
dc.format.extent5en
dc.format.mimetypePDFen
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/participatory-methodologies-double-edged-swords-130341
dc.subjectApproach and methodology
dc.titleParticipatory methodologies: double-edged swordsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9213en
dc.identifier.journalDevelopment in Practiceen
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use – can be shared outside Oxfamen
oxfam.subject.keywordDevelopment methods
oxfam.subject.keywordDevelopment in Practice Journal
oxfam.subject.keywordDiP
prism.number4en
prism.volume8en


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