Participatory Learning and Action 2:
Issue 2 Contents 1. Using RRA to formulate a village resources management plan, Mbusanyi, Kenya 2. Learning about wealth: an example from Zimbabwe 3. Investigating poverty: an example from Tanzania |
RRA Notes 2: General Issue
IIED, October 1988. 19 pp.
Out of print except as part of a complete set of back issues:
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1. Using RRA to formulate a village resources management plan, Mbusanyi, Kenya
Charity Kabutha and Richard Ford
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Abstract
Based on experience in Mbusyani, Machakos District, Kenya, this paper reports on how RRA can contribute to stimulate improved village resources management.
2. Learning about wealth: an example from Zimbabwe
Ian Scoones
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This short note reports on the experience of using wealth ranking in the context of a study of household economics and livestock production in Zimbabwe.
3. Investigating poverty: an example from Tanzania
Sheila Smith and John Sender
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Abstract
During an investigation of the dynamics of rural differentiation and class formation in Tanzania, the researchers had to devise techniques of reaching the poorest households, which would have been omitted had they relied on local people's answers to questions concerning poverty and wealth. A 'possessions score' technique was used instead of income as an indicator of socio-economic status