Beyond appraisal: Participatory appraisal of needs and the development of action

Omega

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 523-534

  White, Leroy ^a,b   Taket, A ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b South Bunk University   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community OR; Development; Facilitation; Issue structuring methods; Methodology; Process of OR

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

COMMUNITY OR; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPMENT; FACILITATION; ISSUE STRUCTURING METHOD; LOCAL PEOPLE; METHODOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISALS; PROCESS OF OR; SYSTEM METHODS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

EID: 0031258880     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0483(97)00027-3     Document Type: Article

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