Introduction

In recent years, participatory inquiry with local communities has led to a series of innovative approaches, methods, practices, procedures, tools, techniques and ways.

In the present book Participatory Learning and Action With 100 Field Methods, a range of methods have been described and documented based on innovative and diverse field experience from different countries and localities.

Content and Features

The book has one of the largest collections of participatory methods and practices—verbal, visual, and diagrammatic—and also those for improving personal qualities, traits, attributes, and analytical skills.

Purpose and Audience

The present book is an essential reference on participatory sustainable development. Written in a lucid style, the book is fully illustrated with applications from different countries and localities.

The book is meant for development practitioners, field workers, project managers, extension agencies, field researchers, policy-makers, donor agencies, students of rural and urban development, and all others associated with development practice and its challenges.