Using participatory impact diagrams to evaluate a community development project in Kenya

Author(s)
Kariuki, Juliet
Njuki, Jemimah
Publication date
2013-02-18
Subject
Approach and methodology
Gender
Keywords
Drought
Impact assessment
Disaster risk reduction
DRR
Development methods
Country
Kenya

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Routledge
Journal
Development in Practice
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/271578
DOI
10.1080/09614524.2013.753031
Document type
Journal article
Language
English
Description
Participatory approaches for impact assessment are increasingly becoming popular with development organisations for engaging multiple stakeholders. We present our use of participatory impact diagrams as an evaluation tool within a mixed methods impact assessment of several drought-reduction interventions in Kenya. Results show that because men and women have different roles, their experiences of interventions vary. We discuss how this methodology encouraged communities to describe various intervention outcomes including unintended impacts, often overlooked by conventional impact assessment approaches. Methodological challenges included the integration of quantitative data; opportunities for its application within the wider discipline of monitoring and evaluation are considered.
Pages
17
ISSN
0961-4524
EISSN
1364-9213
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