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'Evaluating Participation' Project with People the Practice Of Participation in Rural Development
(2001-08-20) Oakely, Peter
Since "participation" has become an accepted and recognisable objective in development programmes and projects, the issue of its evaluation has come into question. Evaluation is an important component of the project cycle and there is a vast supporting literature, both theoretical and applied, which covers the range of sectors and different types of projects. While we can date the emerging concern for participation in development to the mid-1970s, interest in the evaluation of participation is a more recent phenomenon. Inevitably as agencies have increased support for participation and as it has begun to be implemented, so a concern for evaluation has emerged. It must be said, however, that this concern has yet to translate itself into a substantial body of literature; the truth of the matter is that both conceptually and methodologically the evaluation of participation is still in its relative infancy. In 1980 Lassen commented upon the paucity of "practical guide-lines" on how to evaluate participation; in 1989 the situation is better but we still lack substantial authoritative insights into this complex issue. Indeed some authors (Rahman, 1983; Rifkin et al., 1988) have questioned whether it is at all possible to think of developing an analytical framework to evaluate "participation" in development projects; more generally, however, a variety of projects have begun to tackle the issue and to experiment with different ways of doing this. Before exploring some of the issues involved, however, a number of important points need to be made.
Participatory Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
(PRIA, 1997-08-20) Satyamurthi, V.; Oakely, Peter
"Social Programmes" are programmes designed to improve the quality of life by improving the capacity of citizens to participate fully in social, economic and political activities at the local or national level programmes. They may focus on improving physical well being and access to services, protecting vulnerable groups from adverse consequences of economic reform and structural adjustment or providing education literacy, employment and income generating opportunities. They may focus directly on local empowerment and equip in issues by strengthening community organisations, encouraging to participate in development or alleviating poverty. Significant number of these programmes fail to fully achieve their objectives. Little is known how well programmes are able to sustain and even less about the extent to which programmes are able to produce their intended impacts.