METHODOLOGY IN DEVELOPMENT STUDIES HMDVA81 ASSIGNMENT 4

TABLE iOF iCONTENTS

Introduction--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2

Participatory iRural iAppraisal (PRA) i-------------------------------------------------------2

Characteristics iof iParticipatory iRural iAppraisal----------------------------------------3

Strength, iWeaknesses iand iEthics iof iParticipatory iRural iAppraisal-----------4

Survey iresearch---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4

Further, ibased ion ithe itime itaken, isurvey iresearch ican ibe iclassified iinto
itwo imethods-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5

Characteristics iof iSurvey iResearch----------------------------------------------------------5

Strength, iWeaknesses iand iEthics iof iSurvey iResearch-----------------------------5

Conclusion----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7

References ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8




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, DEPARTMENT iOF iDEVELOPMENT iSTUDIES iRESEARCH iMETHODOLOGY
iIN iDEVELOPMENT iSTUDIES

HMDVA81

1. INTRODUCTION

A number iof imethods iexist ifor iresearchers ithat iare iinterested iin iconducting
research iprojects.Selection iof ia iresearch imethod iis ireliant ion ia inumber iof
issues, isuch ias ithe ipurpose iof ithe iresearch, ithe itype iof iresearch iquestions ito
be ianswered, iand ithe iavailability iof iresources i(Bhatacherjee, i2012:73). The
below idiscussion ifeatures ithree imodes iof idata icollection imethods iused iin
conducting iresearch ithat ican iprovide iviable iconclusions

2. PARTICIPATORY iRURAL iAPPRAISAL (PRA)

"Participatory iRural iAppraisal i(PRA) irecently irenamed iParticipatory iLearning ifor
iAction i(PLA), iis ia imethodological iapproach ithat iis iused ito ienable ifarmers ito
ianalyse itheir iown isituation iand ito idevelop ia icommon iperspective ion inatural
iresource imanagement iand iagriculture iat ivillage ilevel.PRA iis ian iassessment
iand ilearning iprocess ithat iempowers ifarmers ito icreate ithe iinformation ibase
ithey ineed ifor iparticipatory iplanning iand iaction.Outsiders icontribute ifacilitation
iskills iand iexternal iinformation iand iopinions (Uddin, iand iAnjuman, i2013). Many
idifferent itools ihave ibeen ideveloped ifor iuse iin iPRA.There iare ifour imain
iclasses: itools iused iin igroup iand iteam idynamics; itools ifor isampling; ioptions
ifor iinterviews iand idialogue; iand ioptions ifor ivisualisation iand ipreparing
idiagrams.Most icountries ihave ihad isome iexperience iwith iPRA iand ilocal
ipublications iare iavailable.

Participatory iRural iAppraisal iis icommonly iused iin iresearch ito icollect iqualitative
data iand ioften ito iprovide isupport ito icollected iquantitative idata.The participatory
rural iapproach iis ia people-centred iprocess iof idata icollection iwhich aims iat
engaging ipeople idirectly iaffected iby iidentified iresearch ichallenges iand
implements isolutions ias iwell ias imonitoring imeasures ifrom isuch iengagements.
‘Participatory irural iappraisal iis iviewed ias ian iapproach iand imethod ithat iallows


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