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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825144603321

Titolo

Knowledge shared : participatory evaluation in development cooperation / / Edward T. Jackson and Yusuf Kassam, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Hartford, Conn., : Kumarian Press

Ottawa, : IDRC, 1998

ISBN

1-280-71807-2

9786610718078

1-55250-205-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JacksonEdward T. <1951->

KassamYusuf <1943->

Disciplina

300/.72

Soggetti

Evaluation research (Social action programs)

Rural development - Evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Issues, Strategies, and Methods; 1. Simplicities and Complexities of Participatory Evaluation; 2. Questions of Ethics in Participatory Evaluation: A View from Anthropology; 3. Indicators of Change: Results-Based Management and Participatory Evaluation; 4. Participatory Impact Assessment as a Tool for Change: Lessons from Poverty Alleviation Projects in Africa; II: Case Studies; 5. Are We on the Right Track? Report of a Workshop on Participatory Evaluation; 6. Participatory Evaluation: Primary Health Care in Patna, India

7. Combining Participatory and Survey Methodologies in Evaluation: The Case of a Rural Development Project in Bangladesh8. Process Evaluation: The Nepal Health Development Project; 9. Participatory Evaluation in Human Resource Development: A Case Study from Southeast Asia; 10. Participatory Evaluation: Offering Kenyan Women Power and Voice; 11. Participatory Internal Monitoring and Evaluation in Water Projects: A C

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents leading-edge analysis on the theory and practice of participatory evaluation around the world. With its instructive case



studies from Bangladesh, El Salvador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, and St Vincent, the book is a guide to a community-based approach to evaluation that is at once a learning process, a means of taking action, and a catalyst for empowerment.Knowledge Shared is the most comprehensive book now available on participatory evaluation. It is intended primarily as a tool for practitioners and policymakers in all segments of development cooperatio