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Issue 7 Contents Editorial PART 1: Presentations 1. Diagrams Diagrams: general theory and practice Jules Pretty Profiles and matrices Ruth Alsop Diagrams and cartoons Ueli Scheuermeier Diagrams for training Robert Leurs 2. Aerial photographs Aerial photography and household. Studies in Kenya Peter Dewees Aerial photographs in rapid land resource appraisal, Papua New Guinea Robin Mearns 3. Interviews and groups RRA interview schedules within a collaborative research project in Northern Thailand Howard Jones Farmer groups and ITK in Benin Anne Floquet Focussed groups in Ethiopia Ian Scoones Some difficulties in training for interviewing Robert Leurs 4. Ranking Wealth ranking in Sudan Jules Pretty Preference and direct matrix rankings, Sudan Ian Scoones Ranking of carpentry skills Godfrey Cromwell Using ranking in training of field level staff Miranda Munro 5. Health Rapid appraisal trial, Mbeya, Tanzania Susan Rifkin and Hugh Annet Rapid appraisal South Sefton (Merseyside) health authority Hugh Annet and Pauline Ong 6. Participatory approaches From the ground up and participatory RRA in Kenya John Thompson and Peter Veit Diagrams for participatory RRA Jennifer McCracken 7. Monitoring and evaluation PBME and Rapid Rural Appraisal David Potten Using RRA to evaluate NGO projects Mike Howes PART 2: Plenary discussion topics Notes on objectives Notes of aerial photo session Notes on groups and group interviews Ranking discussion Discussion on health Discussion on M&E Notes on participation Notes on ideology Notes on the dangers of RRA Notes on training in RRA What next?

RRA Notes 7: Proceedings of Second Joint IDS/IIED RRA Review Workshop
IIED, September 1989. 62 pp.

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This special issue of RRA Notes comprises the proceedings of a two-day RRA review workshop jointly organised by IDS and IIED in June 1989.

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Editorial

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PART 1: Presentations

1.Diagrams

Diagrams: general theory and practice
Jules Pretty

Profiles and matrices
Ruth Alsop

Diagrams and cartoons
Ueli Scheuermeier

Diagrams for training
Robert Leurs

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Abstract
Summary of three papers on diagrams presented at the joint IDS/IIED RRA Review Workshop held at IDS in June 1989: "Diagrams: general theory and practice" (Pretty); "Profiles and matrices" (Alsop); "Diagrams for training"(Leurs).

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2.Aerial photographs

Aerial photography and household. Studies in Kenya
Peter Dewees

Aerial photographs in rapid land resource appraisal, Papua New Guinea
Robin Mearns

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Summary of two papers on aerial photography presented at the joint IDS/IIED RRA Review Workshop held at IDS in June 1989: "Aerial photography and household studies in Kenya" (Dewees); "Aerial photographs in rapid land resource appraisal, Papua New Guinea" (Mearns).

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3. Interviews and groups

RRA interview schedules within a collaborative research project in Northern Thailand
Howard Jones

Farmer groups and ITK in Benin
Anne Floquet

Focussed groups in Ethiopia
Ian Scoones

Some difficulties in training for interviewing
Robert Leurs

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Abstract
Summary of four papers on interviews presented at the joint IDS/IIED RRA Review Workshop held at IDS in June 1989: "The use of RRA interview schedules within a collaborative research project in Northern Thailand" (Jones); "Farmer groups and ITK in Benin" (Floquet); "Focussed groups in Ethiopia" (Scoones); "Some difficulties in training for interviewing" (Leurs).

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4. Ranking

Wealth ranking in Sudan
Jules Pretty

Preference and direct matrix rankings, Sudan
Ian Scoones

Ranking of carpentry skills
Godfrey Cromwell

Using ranking in training of field level staff
Miranda Munro

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Abstract
Summary of three papers on ranking presented at the joint IDS/IIED RRA Review Workshop held at IDS in June 1989: "Wealth ranking in Sudan" (Pretty); "Preference and direct matrix ranking, Sudan" (Scoones); "Using ranking in training of field level staff" (Munro).

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5. Health

Rapid appraisal trial, Mbeya, Tanzania
Susan Rifkin and Hugh Annet

Rapid appraisal South Sefton (Merseyside) health authority
Hugh Annet and Pauline Ong

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Abstract
Summary of two papers on health presented at the joint IDS/IIED RRA Review Workshop held at IDS in June 1989: "Report of rapid appraisal trial, Mbeya, Tanzania" (Rifkin & Annett); "Rapid appraisal South Sefton (Merseyside) Health Authority" (Annett & Ong).

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6. Participatory approaches

From the ground up and participatory RRA in Kenya
John Thompson and Peter Veit

Diagrams for participatory RRA
Jennifer McCracken

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Abstract
Summary of two papers presented at the joint IDS/IIED RRA Review Workshop held at IDS in June 1989: "From the ground up and participatory RRA in Kenya" (Thompson & Veit); "Diagrams for participatory RRA" (McCracken).

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7. Monitoring and evaluation

PBME and Rapid Rural Appraisal
David Potten

Using RRA to evaluate NGO projects
Mike Howes

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Abstract
Summary of two papers presented at the joint IDS/IIED RRA Review Workshop held at IDS in June 1989: "PBME and Rapid Rural Appraisal" (Potten); "Using RRA to Evaluate NGO Projects" (Howes).