Participatory Rural Appraisal

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Also known as Rapid Rural Appraisal, PRA is a relatively new and different approach for conducting action-oriented research in developing countries. PRAs are used to help involve villagers and local officials leaders in all stages of development work, from the identification of needs and decision making to the assessment of completed projects. The term can be used to describe any new methodology which makes use of a multidisciplinary team. (source: WCMC)

Background from Wikipedia

PRA ranking exercise being carried out by members of a Farmer Field School in Bangladesh, 2004 (Photo by APB-CMX)

Participatory rural appraisal (PRA) is an approach used by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other agencies involved in international development. The approach aims to incorporate the knowledge and opinions of rural people in the planning and management of development projects and programmes.

Programme to Boost Resettled Families  -  Aug 10, 2007
AllAfrica.com,The situational assessment and participatory rural appraisal undertaken on four of the settlements assessed the quality of life, quality of infrastructure,

How LEEMP transforms Benue communities  -  Jul 31, 2007
Nigerian Tribune,...the multi-sectoral facilitation teams conduct a participatory rural appraisal in the given selected communities and their priority areas of needs are

Children First : Village Planning In The Guna Villages Of Madhya ...  -  Jul 28, 2007
CounterCurrents.org,It was based on the norms of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) system. With the help of the local NGOs, social maps were prepared to assess the

Rural Tourism Manual  -  Mar 22, 2007
Gorkhapatra,This part also offers information on various PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal) method. The stakeholders can learn about resource map, social map,

The phenomenon called Panchayati Raj  -  Dec 8, 2006
GreaterKashmir.com (press release),An assessment of the working of village Panchayats was made through “Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)� technique in District Udhampur (JandK).

Leyte dev't partners gather for RP-German learning exchange forum  -  Dec 5, 2006
Philippine Information Agency,...significant and meaningful lessons learned in their experiences on any of the topics in Replication of the Participatory Rural Appraisal - Barangay Land

We are impressed by Osun’s good deeds - UNICEF  -  Oct 11, 2006
Nigerian Tribune,...was consequently approved by the Governor after which funds were mobilsed in November 2005 for the conduct of the Participatory Rural Appraisal (baseline survey ...

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