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PLA 61: Tales of shit: Community-Led Total Sanitation in Africa
IIED,
October 2010
Guest editors: Petra Bongartz, Samuel Musembi Musyoki, Angela Milligan
and Holly Ashley
PLA 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change
IIED,
December 2009, 244pp.
Guest editors: Hannah Reid, Mozaharul Alam , Rachel Berger, Terry
Cannon, Saleemul Huq , and Angela Milligan
PLA
59: Change at hand: Web 2.0 for development
IIED and CTA, June 2009, 144pp.
Guest editors: Holly Ashley, Jon Corbett, Ben
Garside and Giacomo Rambaldi
PLA
58: Towards empowered participation: stories and reflections
IIED, June 2008, 152 pp.
Guest-edited by Tom Wakeford and Jasber Singh
PLA
57: Immersions: learning about poverty face-to-face
IIED, December 2007
Guest editors: Izzy Birch and Raffaella Catani
PLA
56: General issue
IIED, June 2007, 72pp.
Editors: Holly Ashley, Nicole Kenton and Angela
Milligan
PLA
55: Practical tools for community conservation in southern Africa
IIED, December 2006, 144pp.
Guest editors: Brian Child, Brian Jones
PLA
54: Mapping for change - practice, technologies and communication
IIED and CTA, April 2006, 152pp.
Guest editors: Giacomo Rambaldi; Jon Corbett;
Michael K. McCall; Rachel Olson; Julius Muchemi; Peter Kwaku Kyem;
Daniel Weiner; with Robert Chambers
PLA
54: Multilingual CD Rom Mapping for change - practice, technologies
and communication
IIED and CTA, July 2007, CD Rom.
Guest editors: Giacomo Rambaldi; Jon Corbett;
Michael K. McCall; Rachel Olson; Julius Muchemi; Peter Kwaku Kyem;
Daniel Weiner; with Robert Chambers
PLA
53: Tools for influencing power and policy
IIED, December 2005, 96pp.
Guest editor: Sonja Vermeulen
PLA
52: General issue
IIED, August 2005, 96pp.
Editors: Nicole Kenton , Angela Milligan and
Holly Ashley
PLA
51: Civil society and poverty reduction
IIED, April 2005, 144 pp.
Guest editors: Alexandra Hughes and Nicholas
Atampugre
PLA
50: Critical reflections, future directions
IIED, October 2004,
224 pp
Guest editors: Robert Chambers, Nicole Kenton and Holly Ashley
PLA
Notes 49: Decentralisation and community-based planning
IIED, April 2004, 112 pp.
Guest editors: Ian Goldman and Joanne Abbott.
PLA
Notes 48: Learning and teaching participation
IIED, December 2003, 88 pp.
Guest editors: Peter Taylor and Jude Fransmann
PLA
Notes 47: General issue
IIED, August 2003, 88 pp.
Editor: Angela Milligan
PLA
Notes 46: Participatory processes for policy change
IIED, February 2003,100 pp.
Guest Editors: Ian Scoones, John Thompson
PLA
Notes 45: Community-based animal healthcare
IIED, October 2002. 88pp.
Guest Editors: Andy Catley and Tim Leyland
PLA
Notes 44: Local Government and Participation
IIED, June 2002. 88pp.
Guest Editors: Andy Inglis and Ced Hesse
PLA
Notes 43: Advocacy and Citizen Participation
IIED, February 2002. 80 pp.
Guest Editors: Cindy Clark, Beth Harrison, Valerie Miller, Jethro
Pettit, Lisa VeneKlasen
PLA
Notes 42: Children's Participation - Evaluating Effectiveness
IIED, October 2001. 80 pp.
Guest Editors: Nadia Auriat, Per Miljeteig, Louise Chawla
PLA
Notes 41: General Issue
IIED, June 2001. 68 pp.
Editor: Holly Ashley
PLA
Notes 40: Deliberative Democracy and Citizen Empowerment
IIED, February 2001. 96 pp.
Guest Editors: Michel Pimbert and Tom Wakeford
PLA
Notes 39: Participatory Communication
IIED, October 2000. 80 pp.
Guest Editors: Joanna Howard and Patta Scott-Villiers
PLA
Notes 38: Participatory Processes in the North
IIED, June 2000. 104 pp.
Guest Editors: Charlotte Flower, Paul Mincher and Susan Rimkus
PLA
Notes 37: Sexual and Reproductive Health
IIED, February 2000. 128 pp.
Guest Editors: Andrea Cornwall and Alice Welbourn
PLA
Notes 36: General Issue
IIED, October 1999. 54 pp.
Editor: Laura Greenwood
PLA
Notes 35: Community Water Management
IIED, June 1999. 96 pp.
Guest Editors: Marc P. Lammerink and Dick de Jong
PLA
Notes 34: Learning from Analysis
IIED, February 1999. 94 pp.
Guest Editors: Irene Guijt and Su Braden
PLA
Notes 33: Understanding Market Opportunities
IIED, October 1998. 96 pp.
Guest Editor: Andy Jeans
PLA
Notes 32: Participation, Literacy and Empowerment
IIED, June 1998. 144 pp.
Guest Editors: Bimal Phnuyal, David Archer and Sara Cottingham
PLA
Notes 31: Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation
IIED, February 1998. 91 pp.
Guest Editors: Mae Arevallo, Irene Guijt and Kiko Saladores
PLA
Notes 30: Participation and Fishing Communities
IIED, October 1997, 92 pp.
Guest Editor: Marie-Thérèse Sarch
PLA
Notes 29: Performance and Participation
IIED, June 1997.107 pp.
Guest Editor: Andrea Cornwall
PLA
Notes 28: Methodological Complementarity
IIED, February 1997. 97 pp.
PLA
Notes 27: Participation, Policy and Institutionalisation
IIED, October 1996. 87 pp.
PLA
Notes 26: General Issue
IIED, June 1996. 73 pp.
PLA
Notes 25: Special Issue on Children's Participation
IIED, February 1996. 94 pp.
Guest Editor: Victoria Johnson
PLA
Notes 24: Critical Reflections from Practice
IIED, October 1995. 94 pp.
Guest Editor: Andrea Cornwall
PLA
Notes 23: Section on Participatory Approaches to HIV/AIDS Programmes
IIED, June 1995. 92 pp.
Guest Editor: Alice Welbourn
PLA
Notes 22: General Issue
IIED, February 1995. 88 pp.
RRA
Notes 21: Participatory Tools and Methods in Urban Areas
IIED, November 1994. 110 pp.
RRA
Notes 20: Livestock
IIED, April 1994. 165 pp.
RRA
Notes 19: Training
IIED, February 1994. 114 pp.
RRA
Notes 18: General Issue
IIED, June 1993. 75 pp.
RRA
Notes 17: General Issue
IIED, March 1993. 74 pp.
RRA
Notes 16: Applications for Health
IIED, July 1992. 115 pp.
Guest Editors: Marc P. Lammerink and Dick de Jong
RRA
Notes 15: Applications of Wealth Ranking
IIED, May 1992. 77 pp.
RRA
Notes 14: General Issue
IIED, December 199.1 67 pp.
RRA
Notes 13: Proceedings of the February 1991 Bangalore PRA Trainers
Workshop
IIED, August 1991. 94 pp.
RRA
Notes 12: General Issue
IIED, July 1991. 57 pp.
RRA
Notes 11: Proceedings of Joint IIED & Development Administration
Group (University of Birmingham), Local Level Adaptive Planning Workshop,
London
IIED, May 1991. 86 pp.
RRA
Notes 10: General Issue
IIED, February 1991. 34 pp.
RRA
Notes 9: General Issue
IIED, August 1990. 35 pp.
RRA
Notes 8: General Issue
IIED, January 1990. 35 pp.
RRA
Notes 7: Proceedings of Second Joint IDS/IIED RRA Review Workshop
IIED, September 1989. 62 pp.
RRA
Notes 6: General Issue
IIED, June 1989. 37 pp.
RRA
Notes 5: General Issue
IIED, May 1989. 33 pp.
RRA
Notes 4: General Issue
IIED, February 1989. 22 pp.
RRA Notes
3: General Issue
IIED, December 1988. 24 pp.
RRA
Notes 2: General Issue
IIED, October 1988. 19 pp.
RRA
Notes 1: General Issue
IIED, June 1988. 19 pp.