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Participatory rural appraisal: a conceptual evaluation for application

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dc.contributor.author Riswan, M.
dc.date.accessioned 2021-01-27T16:28:16Z
dc.date.available 2021-01-27T16:28:16Z
dc.date.issued 2020-12
dc.identifier.citation Kalam, International Research Journal, Faculty of Arts and Culture,13(3), 2020 pp. 77-88. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 13916815
dc.identifier.issn 27382214
dc.identifier.uri http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/5280
dc.description.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. en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Faculty of Arts and Culture, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Oluvil. en_US
dc.subject PRA en_US
dc.subject RRA en_US
dc.subject Community participation en_US
dc.subject Development projects en_US
dc.subject Research tool en_US
dc.title Participatory rural appraisal: a conceptual evaluation for application en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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