| People - Participation |
| FAO People's Participation Programme |
| This paper presents in detail the FAO People's Participation Programme (PPP). The programme has demonstrated that participation is possible when the poor form small self-help groups that allow them to pool resources in pursuit of their own objectives. PPP projects have been implemented in 12 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, with over 13 000 active participants and some 80 000 benefici... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/PPdirect/PPre0004.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/FRdirect/PPre0005.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/SPdirect/PPre0006.htm |
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| People - Participation |
| The group enterprise book |
| This book shows in simple illustrated steps how small enterprises can be developed and run by small groups in rural communities using a participative approach. It is intended for use by Group Promoters (or GPs), extension workers and other rural development staff to help existing groups to set up and run their enterprises. The publication is available in Arabic, English, French and Spanish. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/PPdirect/PPre0018.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/FRdirect/PPre0018.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/SPdirect/PPre0018.htm |
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| People - Participation |
| Participation and grassroots organizations in integrated range and livestock development in Pakistan |
| As part of the overall attempt to draw lessons from a pilot project, an earlier working paper had clarified socio-economic concepts, presented methodologies and tools and identified relevant fields of research in the FAO/UNDP Integrated Range and Livestock Development Project (IRLDP) in Balochistan, Pakistan. The present paper discusses the principal aspects of participation and organization of ... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/PPdirect/PPre0032.htm |
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| People - Participation |
| Monitoring and evaluating stakeholder participation in agriculture and rural development projects: a literature review |
| The article provides a critical review of the current literature on the subject and also highlights three key methodological issues to be addressed: how to assess the degree and quality of participation; how to measure the costs and benefits of participation to the stakeholders involved; and how to assess the impact of that participation on desired project outputs, project performance and sustaina... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/PPdirect/PPre0074.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/FRdirect/PPre0074.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/SPdirect/PPre0074.htm |
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| People - Participation |
| Mushroom production training for disabled people: a progress report |
| This article provides an overview of a unique FAO-initiated project in Thailand that is the first of its kind to focus specifically on reaching rural disabled persons and their families. One
of the project's main objectives was to establish economic self-reliance for rural disabled as entrepreneurs. This multi-part progress report provides details of the project's training component and examples... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/PPdirect/PPre0072.htm |
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| People - Participation |
| An inter-agency initiative to better understand Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches (SLA) and their usefulness for our work |
| An inter-agency (FAO, WFP, IFAD, UNDP, DFID) initiative on "Operationalizing Participatory Ways of Applying Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches (SLA)" was launched in the fall of 1999. The core message of SL approaches is that the livelihoods of poor people must be at the centre of any strategy for poverty reduction. This paper discusses SL approaches and rural development and provides an overview... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/PPdirect/PPre0069.htm |
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| People - Participation |
| The participation of disadvantaged people in development projects: An approach to the problem |
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| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/FRdirect/PPan0002.htm |
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