Posted May 1997
Participatory action research and people's participation:
Introduction and case studies
by Gerrit Huizer
Third World Centre
Catholic University of Nijmegen
The Netherlands
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Participatory action research as a methodology of rural development
2. People's participation as an alternative development strategy
3. Brief history and main principles of PPP approach
4. Similarities and variety in application of PPP
5. PPP in Thailand - from local projects to national scheme
6. Sri Lanka - Integrated Rural Development and People's Participation
7. Zambia - people's participation and large-scale cooperatives
8. Sierra Leone - accelerated group formation and integrated rural development
9. Concluding remarks
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Preface
This essay deals with the practical implications of participatory action
research as a means to enhance people's participation in development on
their own behalf. It is a result of about 20 years of experience with all
kinds of grassroots organizations in different areas in the Third World,
but particularly with projects of FAO's People's Participation Programme
(PPP) since 1981. I am much indebted to many participants at all levels
in this programme, some in way-out villages, others at coordinating government
offices of FAO headquarters. An earlier version of this essay was used as
a background paper for FAO's International Workshop on the Strategy and
Methodology of Participatory Rural Development Projects, Arusha (Tanzania
7-13 September 1989). The responsibility for any shortcomings in this essays
is of course entirely my own.
Gerrit Huizer
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