The Rapid Rural Appraisal Method

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There isn't a method. It's a number of different improvisations really, which are fitted together. Semi-structured interviews do not follow a questionnaire and can be more open-ended so that when new issues arise in the conversation, they can be followed up. And the person who is initiating the interview or the discussion is not tied to having to cover with particular boxes.

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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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