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This book is one of the outcomes of the project entitled ‘Strengthening Panchayati Raj System’ of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, funded by the Ford Foundation, New Delhi. The papers in the book are written by outstanding authorities on the subject. These papers record the experiences and thinking of these authorities on some of the newer issues that confront the Panchayati Raj System in India. Assessment of the current situation in Panchayats, particularly ...
This book is a comprehensive treatise on "participatory monitoring and evaluation". It brings out the critical difference between Traditional monitoring and evaluation using "PLA Tools" and participatory monitoring and evaluation, while focusing attention on both these two monitoring and evaluation systems. It discusses what is "Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation" (PM&E), steps in PM&E and some of the tools that may be ...
This book is the most comprehensive treatise available on the subject of application of methods and tools from the repertoire of Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) in micro-level planning for rural development. It contains authoritative discussions on conceptual issues, principles, databases, methodologies and case studies in PLA as applied to rural development planning. There are nine chapters in the book. Chapter 1 is on the architecture and engineering of ...
This handbook attempts to address the political and social learning needs of women in Panchayati Raj Institutions in India. It develops thematic gender-focused training modules on a range of subjects, including social mobilization and use of social capital formation for ushering development of a network of women PRIs at the grassroots level. The handbook adopts a Participatory Action Research approach involving the different stakeholder groups in praxis cycles ...