Whose voice : participatory research and policy change / Edited by Jeremy Holland and James Blackburn

Includes index

• Thematic and sectoral studies
• Using PRA for Agricultural policy analysis in Nepal
• Coping with Cost recovery in Zambia: a sectoral policy study
• Designing the future together: PRA and education policy in the Gambia
• Can policy-focused research be participatory research on violence and poverty in Jamaica using PRA methods
• Village voices challenging wetland management policies
• The use of PRA to inform policy: tenure issues in Madagascar and Guinea
• Scottish forestry policy ‘U-turn’: was PRA in Laggan behind it?
• IDS Workshop: reflections on thematic and sectoral studies
• The impact of PRA approaches and methods on policy and practice: the Zambia PPA
• Whose PPA is this? Lesson learned from the Mozambique PPA
• Kicking down doors and lighting fires: the South Africa PPA
• PPA’s: a review of the World Bank’s experience
• Some reflections on the PPA process and lessons learned
• How are local voices heard by policy makers?
• Getting policymakers to move the Bricks around
• Challenges in influencing public policy: influencing the Uganda National Health plan
• The research process: sustaining quality and maximizing impact
• Analysing participatory research for policy change
• Participation, policy change and empowerment