Participatory Rural Appraisal

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I think it's always or almost always a really good idea to have the idea that and the concept that you're working towards that you're going to hand over the stick. So can you talk about that technique for a moment? I mean, I like that idea. It seems like something about kind of getting the drawing started, helps the interview subject, understand what your question really means or where you're coming from. And so the outside as well as a facilitator is to get all this started and happening,. meaning is one part of it. Starting a conversation is another and perhaps nudging it in a certain direction if that's a desire.

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What is the field of development? What are the differences between rapid and participatory rural appraisal? Under what conditions should qualitative surveys be preferred over quantitative and vice versa? What is participatory mapping? How has the field of development changed over the last few decades? Why do people get taller when sanitation improves?

Robert Chambers is a British academic and development practitioner. He spent his academic career at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. In 2013, he became an honorary fellow of the International Institute of Social Studies. He has been one of the leading advocates for putting the poor, destitute, and marginalized at the center of the processes of development policy since the 1980s. Learn more about him here.

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