One cannot expect positive results from a programme which fails to respect the views of people it aims to help. Anna Colom explains how to do participation well While I was researching the potential ...

The poor have the potential to change their destiny and end poverty, if they are organised, save their resources and hone their skills. These three principles form the cornerstone of Shoaib Sultan ...

This chapter delineates the evolution of two contested, closely related concepts in development ethics – empowerment and participatory development. While empowerment originated in radical feminist ...

Learning from others in the form of fusion and adaptation of existing tools and approaches is very much part of evolving new participatory methods, and is a key component of the process of creating ...

In-depth analysis of efforts to induce “bottom up” civic engagement in development reveals valuable lessons. Locally-managed projects to improve services and empower poor people are a vital mode of ...

Participatory approaches in sustainable agriculture development foreground the active engagement of farmers, local communities and diverse stakeholders in the design, implementation and evaluation of ...

Participatory dynamics in international development refer to the processes by which local stakeholders are actively engaged in the conception, design, implementation and evaluation of development ...

It is often an article of faith in development circles that community participation is a prerequisite for successful projects. But a World Bank report last week underlines the difficulties in ...

I recently had the pleasure of talking with Martin Burt during the launch of his book Who Owns Poverty at IDS. The book describes a new social innovation tool ‘the Poverty Stoplight’, developed by ...