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    Draft Annex to Technical Note on Participation: Measurung and Assessing Participation
    (0000)
    This annex discusses the identification and use of indicators for measuring and assessing participation in development projects. Checklists of quantitative and qualitative indicators are provided and their application in a limited number of examples is discussed, especially in relation to the project framework. For project frameworks (PFs), quantitative indicators which are also proxies for qualitative outcomes may be appropriate in some cases. The significance and meaning of these proxies can be elaborated in the main text of a project document. Building in specific time referents to indicators, and ensuring disaggregation of project target groups, can reduce their ambiguity, and direct project managers' attention to the phasing of participation.
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    Participatory Research Caribbean Network
    (1983-03-06) Ellis, Pat
    To promote the use of Participatory Research as an approach to research which involves the "researched", as well as the researcher in the research process. 2. To stimulate debate and discussion on the theoretical, conceptual and moral issues related to the use of Participatory Research. 3. To provide opportunities for persons involved in Participatory Research activities to meet, exchange ideas and information and discuss their work in Participatory Research and to evaluate and conceptualize the results of this work. 4. To promote the use of Participatory Research in major development programmes and institutions in the the region, and to formulate research methodologies relevant to the Caribbean context and reality. 5. To encourage those engaged in Participatory Research to document their work, and to facilitate the documentation and dissemination of this material within the region and to the international Network.
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    Participatory Research: An Alternative
    (0000)
    The term 'Participatory Research was first used in the context of adult education during the 1970s. Its articulation was an attempt to reinstate the underlying philosophy of adult education which several adult educators felt was being diluted in practice. Adult education is premised on a commitment to adults actively participating in the world, deciding what they want to learn and the best way they can learn is. The professional training adult educators receive however, along with and their engagement in systematic, empirical research distances them from learners and establishes a one-way control over the research process. Similar contradictions were being faced by other social scientists particularly those who had experienced the inadequacies of the conventional research methodology in explain the harsh realities faced by oppressed people around the world.
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    Participatory Impact Assessment
    (2001-01) Dwivedi, Anju
    The words like Impact, Monitoring and Evaluations have been in the development discourse for more than one decade now. As NGOs continue to play important role in development, such words attain greater meaning. There has been increasing concern about NGOs' performance in social development. The questions like how does one know what has happened in public good, how one can measure the process of change, is it easy to trace the pace of transformation etc. have confounded many NGOs. The evaluations of the projects and programmes when taken up demonstrate the achievements in particular fields, and such interventions are largely seen as 'donor driven'. Most NGOs feel forced to take up evaluations not because these were considered important for institutional learning but the next instalments and future course of funding largely depended on evaluations. Generally the words like monitoring, evaluations and impacts are used interchangeably, in reality and practice all three are related but have different meanings. Before untangling the threads of monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment, it is necessary to understand their relationships with social development.
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    Monitoring and Evaluation
    (0000) Mehrota, Amitabh
    Monitoring is a continuous/periodic review and surveillance by management: at every level of the implementation of an activity to ensure that input deliveries, work schedules, targeted outputs and other required actions are proceeding according to plan. Monitoring can also be defined as a process of measuring, recording, collecting, processing and communicating information to assist management decision making. To be precise and brief, monitoring system is an information system for management decision making. The monitoring of programme implementation is an activity that is undertaken at many different points in the development of programmes and in the management of enacted programmes. Programme monitoring is particularly vital to development process, when programmes are tested and refined. Programme designers need to know what problems are encountered in implementation so that changes may be made in programme design to overcome such obstacles. No matter how well planned an innovative programme may be unexpected results and unwanted side effects often rapidly surface in the course of early implementation.
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    Training Workshop On Participatory Planning and Monitoring
    (PRIA, 1998-05-03)
    Planning of projects and monitoring of activities have long been considered important to ensure that resources available to development organizations are well spent and that objectives are met. Planning and Monitoring are also seen as tools for accountability to funding agencies, other organizations, and also for internal learning. However the planning of programs and monitoring of activities has till recently remained the domain of the development practitioner -often an outsider. The role of the community has been limited to that of recipient of a service and provider of data. Rarely did the community find itself in the position of being a partner in the process. A common outcome the, was that projects did not, very often meet their stated objectives.
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    Issues and Experiences in Participatory Research in Asia
    (1979-06-25) Tandon, Rajesh
    The concept and meaning of Participatory Research (PR) has been amply discussed in the various articles and seminars during the past three years. While it is important to briefly indicate my own understanding of PR, this paper is primarily an attempt to put together some key characteristics of PR in Asia. The paper is based on the recent meetings. held in India and Thailand as well as a number of reports received from the various researchers.PR is an attempt, in my view, to move beyond the chocking limitations of classical social sciences research.
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    A Review: The Participatory Research Project
    (0000) MacNeil, Teresa
    This paper by Dr. Teresa MacNeil critically explores the concept and methodology of participatory research, focusing on its philosophical implications and behavioral considerations for researchers. Drawing from various examples, including the Dene's involvement in the Berger Inquiry, the paper reflects on how participatory research can lead to empowerment, self-definition, and community transformation. The paper delves into the practicalities and challenges faced by researchers, as well as the need for concrete strategies to facilitate effective participatory methods.
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    A Brief Note on the Participatory Research Methodology
    (1980-03) Couillard, Marie-Andree
    This working paper by Marie-Andree Couillard, prepared for the KANITA Workshop II at Universiti Sains Malaysia, explores participatory research as a methodology for involving rural and underprivileged communities in the research process. It highlights the challenges, responsibilities, and practical considerations of using participatory methods within development projects. The author discusses the historical context, theoretical foundations, and pragmatic limitations of participatory research, questioning its efficacy in truly empowering the poor within constrained socio-economic systems.
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    Participatory Research Methodologies
    (International Conference on Adult Education and Development, Tanzania, 1976) Dead, Margaret
    This document discusses the shift in development concepts, focusing on participatory research as a tool for communities to develop self-knowledge and transform their social reality. The paper explores the role of community involvement in social change, citing work by Margaret Dead, Charles Nesbitt, and Paulo Freire. Participatory methodologies are seen as a way to mobilize community resources, allowing individuals to play an active role in analyzing their social context and contributing to societal development. The conference highlights the significance of these methodologies in achieving authentic and sustainable community empowerment.

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