By Edward T. Jackson, Yusuf Kassam

This booklet permits newcomers and execs alike to together verify the level to which the advantages of improvement are shared--and by means of whom. It offers modern research at the conception and perform of participatory evaluate around the globe. because the such a lot finished quantity on hand at the topic, it's a beneficial device for practitioners and coverage makers in all components of improvement.

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Bonnie Mullinix and Marren Akatsa-Bukachi share their experience in Kenya of developing an NGO training program to provide field-workers with the skills and experience to facilitate participatory evaluation with women’s groups. This training initiative grew out of the authors’ concern that assessments of program impacts are dominated by the needs and voices of donor agencies and project implementers. They believe that the marginalization of program beneficiaries results in the loss of crucial information in development interventions.

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