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This book seeks to assess the state of the art of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) among the NGOs in Tamil Nadu, with particular focus on efficacy of participatory methods. It finds out the problems and challenges encountered by the NGOs in employing PRA methods in rural development work, and analyses the steps taken by them to overcome such problems and challenges. Also, it ascertains the innovations, if any, attempted by NGOs in the arena of participatory ...
This book examines the concepts, dimensions and methodologies of outreach in rural communities. It deals with the experiments in rural outreach by a galaxy of change agents such as government agencies, non-governmental organisations, donor agencies, colleges and universities. Papers contributed by professionals, development practitioners and faculty from colleges and universities in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu shed light on the methods, and outcome of ...
This book makes a critical examination of women in India, with special reference to the state of Tamil Nadu, locating the deterrents evidencing their empowerment, it evolves a set of determinants of women empowerment through consultation with a cross-section of rural women. It further provides an in-depth analysis of the lives and workers of select rural women. Finally, it evaluates the policy implications of these deterrents and determinants to the government as ...