Participatory Assessment of Development Interventions: Lessons Learned From a New Evaluation Methodology in Ghana and Burkina Faso
Pouw, Nicky, Dietz, Ton, Belemvire, Adame, de Groot, Dieneke, Millar, David, Obeng, Francis Kwabena, Rijneveld, Wouter, van der Geest, Kees, Zjos Vlaminck and Zaal, Fred, (2017). Participatory Assessment of Development Interventions: Lessons Learned From a New Evaluation Methodology in Ghana and Burkina Faso. American Journal of Evaluation, 38(1), 47-59
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Sub-type Journal article Author Pouw, Nicky
Dietz, Ton
Belemvire, Adame
de Groot, Dieneke
Millar, David
Obeng, Francis Kwabena
Rijneveld, Wouter
van der Geest, Kees
Zjos Vlaminck
Zaal, FredTitle Participatory Assessment of Development Interventions: Lessons Learned From a New Evaluation Methodology in Ghana and Burkina Faso Appearing in American Journal of Evaluation Volume 38 Issue No. 1 Publication Date 2017 Place of Publication Thousand Oaks Publisher Sage Publications Start page 47 End page 59 Language eng Abstract This article presents the principles and findings of developing a new participatory assessment of development (PADev) evaluation approach that was codesigned with Dutch nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and northern and southern research institutes over a period of 4 years in the context of rural development in Ghana and Burkina Faso. Although participatory approaches in development evaluations have become widely accepted since the 1990s, the PADev approach is different by taking the principles of holism and local knowledge as starting points for its methodological elaboration. The PADev approach is found to have an added value for assessing the differentiated effects of development interventions across different subgroups in a community through intersubjectivity. Moreover, if PADev is taken up by a multitude of stakeholders, including the intended beneficiaries of development interventions and development stakeholders, it can contribute to a process of local history writing, knowledge sharing, capacity development, and providing input into community action plans and the strategies of community-based organizations and NGOs. UNBIS Thesaurus GHANA
BURKINA FASOKeyword Development Interventions
Participatory assessmentCopyright Holder Sage Publications Copyright Year 2017 Copyright type All rights reserved DOI 10.1177/1098214016641210 -
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