Abstract:
Participatory Rural Appraisal is most prominent methodology which highly connected with the
local people from the grass root level in order to find out the issues they experiencing and
construct a standard and sustainable solutions for their practical problems. The main objective of
this study is to understand how PRA method has been exercised as a useful tool for community
participation, and to highlight the basic components of PRA, and to examine the different
techniques of PRA exercised by the practitioners and development experts in the grass-root level.
The data for this study basically gathered from books, research report and articles published in
the journals. As it is a qualitative study, the concepts and ideas have been analysed and presented
in an interpretative method. The paper presented that PRA has been developed from the
methodology of Rapid Rural Appraisal, which promoted the involvement of local community in
the development process. However, PRA has been adopted as a useful tool to invite greater
degree of community participation and allow local people to take decisions in the implementation
of any development initiatives. Further, this paper revealed that PRA is used and recognized by
various experts and international organizations to incorporate local people to find solutions for
their problems, and provide benefit to local community from the projects implemented by the
government or donor agencies.
