Can the Poor Influence Policy? Participatory Poverty Assessments in the Developing World, Second Edition

Can the Poor Influence Policy? Participatory Poverty Assessments in the Developing World, Second Edition

This book focuses on the World Bank's experience with Participatory Poverty Assessments (PPAs). Some practitioners have argued that a number of World Bank PPAs should not be included because they were extractive, did not influence policy, and...

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Main Author:	Robb, Caroline M.
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION AID AGENCIES BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENTS CAP CAPACITY BUILDING CAS CHANGES IN POVERTY CHARACTER CHILD LABOR CLEAN WATER COMMUNITY ACTION COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COPING MECHANISMS COPING STRATEGIES CORRUPTION CRIME DEBT RELIEF DEFINITIONS OF POVERTY DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY ECONOMIC POLICIES EXTREME POVERTY FERTILITY FLEXIBILITY FORM OF POVERTY GDP GENDER DISPARITY GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS GOOD GOVERNANCE GROUP INTERVIEWS HEAVILY INDEBTED POOR COUNTRIES HIPC HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLNESS INCOME INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS LACK OF EDUCATION LEARNING LIVELIHOOD LIVELIHOODS LIVING STANDARDS MATERNAL MORTALITY NATIONAL POVERTY NEGOTIATION NGO NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION PARTICIPATORY APPROACH PARTICIPATORY METHODS PARTICIPATORY MONITORING PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENT PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTS PARTICIPATORY PROCESS PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH METHODS PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL PARTICIPATORY TOOLS POOR POOR COMMUNITIES POOR COUNTRIES POOR PEOPLE POOR URBAN AREAS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ERADICATION POVERTY FOCUS POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES POVERTY ISSUES POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS POVERTY REDUCTION OBJECTIVES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERS POVERTY RESEARCH POVERTY STATUS POWERLESSNESS PPA PRA PRICE SUBSIDIES PROGRAMS QUALITATIVE DATA QUALITATIVE RESEARCH QUALITY OF SERVICES QUANTITATIVE SURVEYS RAPID RURAL APPRAISAL REGIONAL CONTEXT RRA RURAL RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION SAMPLE SIZE SANITATION SCHOOLING SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL IMPACTS SOCIAL POLICIES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL REFORMS SURVIVAL STRATEGIES SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TENANCY TRANSPARENCY UNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY URBAN POVERTY VULNERABLE GROUPS WELFARE INDICATORS WELFARE MONITORING WIDESPREAD POVERTY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/14649794/can-poor-influence-policy-participatory-poverty-assessments-developing-world http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13953

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Summary:	This book focuses on the World Bank's experience with Participatory Poverty Assessments (PPAs). Some practitioners have argued that a number of World Bank PPAs should not be included because they were extractive, did not influence policy, and were not participatory. However, both good and bad practice PPAs is included in this analysis to facilitate learning from past experiences. Participatory poverty assessments are showing the World Bank and other outside observers of poverty that are not the only poverty experts. Poor people have a long overlooked capacity to contribute to the analysis of poverty-and without their insights to know only part of the reality of poverty, its causes, and the survival strategies of the poor. The objective of a comprehensive poverty analysis, therefore, should be to conduct participatory research and household surveys interactively, so that they enhance each other. If a PPA is conducted after the household survey, the results will explain, challenge, reinforce, or shed new light on household survey data. The results of the household survey can also, of course, explain, challenge, or reinforce the PPA. If the PPA is conducted before the household survey, the PPA results could assist in generating hypotheses, shaping the design of the household survey, and developing survey questions appropriate for the respondents. Ideally, this should be an ongoing process whereby both PPAs and household surveys are conducted periodically and feed into each other. The results of past PPAs indicate that when they are used in conjunction with household surveys, the final assessment is a much fuller analysis of the varying dimensions of poverty, and the policy recommendations are more relevant and informed.

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