Robert Chambers and Gregor von Medeazza
Despite many initiatives to assure food access, and growing economies, high levels of undernutrition persist in much of Asia. This Working Paper explores the increasing evidence that this is due to the continuing high incidence of open defecation (OD), combined with population density, which has mulitiple debilitating outcomes. With the focus on diarrhoea-related ill health, there has
This new Methodological Brief from UNICEF looks at participatory approaches in impact evaluation. Written by Irene Guijt, this practical briefing explores what participatory approaches are, when it is appropriate to use them and how to make the most of them – all in the context of impact evaluation. It goes on to look at ethical concerns, analysis and feedback and good practice.
Members of the Participation Team at IDS were recently asked for their "top book of all time on participation". The second book choice to be featured is from Danny Burn
s, Fellow and Team Leader. His choice is:
Impro: Improvisation and the theatre by Keith Johnstone, (Performance Books, 1979, Routledge 1987). Danny says:
Edited by John Rowley
This new book from Practical Action Publishing explores well-being ranking. This method has developed from wealth-ranking and incorporates the broader aspects of well-being - such as social standing and health – that people value as much as material wealth. It tells of the rise of these methods since the 1980s and at how well-being ranking exercises can help identify important differences within communities
There is a growing demand to channel collective energy towards justice and equity in health, and to better understand the social processes that influence health and health systems. Just published, Participatory Action Research in Health Systems: a methods reader, by Rene Loewenson et al aims to promote understanding of PAR and provide information on its
Members of the Participation Team at IDS were recently asked for their "top book of all time on participation". Each week we'll feature one person’s top book. This week it’s
the turn of Robert Chambers who’s chosen...
Andrea Cornwall’s edited book The Participation Reader (Zed Books, London and New York, 2011). Robert says:
On Thursday 30th October, 10-11.30am (GMT), the Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Knowledge Hub together with Hazel Jones (WEDC) and Jane Wilbur (WaterAid) will be hosting a webinar on the theme of the recently published Frontiers issue 3:
A new book from LogoLink
This book presents the reflections and analyses of more than 500 participants from across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Brought together by LogoLink (the Learning Initiative on Citizen Participation and Local Governance) they included social leaders, human rights activists, academics and politicians as well as representatives of community, grassroots and advocacy organisations. Their synthesis culminated in the World Charter for the Right to Citizen Participation in Local Governance. Whilst this book is not available online, some of the chapters are and can be found on the Logolink website along with details of how to purchase it.
Originally shown in New York in March, this exhibition from the Participate Initiative connects the unfiltered voices of those most affected by poverty and exclusion to the Post-2015 process. If you missed out the first time round, you are very welcome to visit the exhibition between the 22nd September and the 16th October in the Institute of Development Studies Reception area, University of Sussex, UK.
A new IDS Policy Briefing from J. Gupte, T. Shahrokh and J Wheeler.
Urban violence is an urgent and growing problem in many cities across the world. This Briefing focuses on gender-based violence in Cape Town, South Africa, and juvenile crime in Mumbai, India, to explore how those living with this violence may be enabled to address it themselves. Those living in poverty find a variety of responses to violence and this briefing shares evidence of how citizens can contribute both independently and through collective action to building safer communities.