IV. Readings*


Abstracts and references are provided in section III- 'Resource Material in Nutshell'



1. Readings on Key Concepts



1.1 Hydraulic Mission to IWRM: Paradigm Shifts within water sector development
Author: NC Narayanan

Link:   http://www.saciwaters.org/CB/PRM/PRM/IV.%20Readings/1.%20Readings%20on%20Key
%20Concepts/1.2%20Hydraulic%20Mission_%20Narayanan%20NC.pdf
1.2 Interdisciplinarity & Participation in IWRM
Author: Chanda Gurung Goodrich

Link:   http://www.saciwaters.org/CB/PRM/PRM/IV.%20Readings/1.%20Readings%20on%20Key
%20Concepts/1.3%20Interdisciplanirity%20and%20participation_Gurung%20Goodrich%20,%20
Chanda.pdf
1.3 Equity & Social Stratification
Author: Chanda Gurung Goodrich

Link:   http://www.saciwaters.org/CB/PRM/PRM/IV.%20Readings/1.%20Readings%20on%20Key
%20Concepts/1.4%20Equity%20&%20Social%20Stratification_Goodrich%20Chanda%20
Gurung.pdf
1.4 Understanding Social Equity: Caste, Class and Gender Axis
Author: Lakshmi Lingam

Link:   http://www.saciwaters.org/CB/PRM/PRM/IV.%20Readings/1.%20Readings%20on%20Key
%20Concepts/1.5%20Understanding%20social%20equity_Lingam%20Lakshmi.pdf
1.5 Participatory Research and Development in Natural Resource Management: Towards Social and Gender Equity
Author: Elizabeth Fajber

Link: http://web.idrc.ca/fr/ev-85048-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
1.6 Gendered Participation in Water Management: Issues and Illustrations from Water Users' Associations in South Asia
Authors: Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Margreet Zwarteveen

Link: http://www.generoyambiente.org/arcangel2/documentos/272.pdf
1.7 Integrated Approach and Equity Principles to Promote Sustainable Water Management in Bangladesh
Author: Jahir Uddin Chowdhury

Link: http://www.saciwaters.org/CB/PRM/PRM/IV.%20Readings/1.%20Readings%20on%20Key
%20Concepts/1.8%20Integrated%20Approach%20and%20equity%20in%20Bangladesh_
Chowdhury%20Jahir%20Uddin.pdf
1.8 Unpacking Participation: Models, Meanings and Practises
Author: Andrea Cornwall

Link: http://www.eslarp.uiuc.edu/PAR%20RG/Cornwall.pdf
1.9 From Users and Choosers to Makers and Shapers
Authors: Andrea Cornwall and John Gaventa

Link: http://www.ntd.co.uk/idsbookshop/details.asp?id=618


2. Readings on Participatory Research Methodologies



2.1 Participatory Research: Strategies and Tools
Author: Ajit Krishnaswamy

Link: http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/community_forestry/Workshops/powerpoints/tools%20and%20
strategies%20of%20PR.pdf
2.2 An Overview of Participatory Research and Learning Processes and Their Relevance to Watershed Management and Development
Author: Anonymous

Link: http://www.prgaprogram.org/descargas/natural_resource_mgmt/reports/An%20overview%20
of%20participatory%20research%20and%20learning%20processes%20and%20their%20relevance
%20to%20watershed%20manage.pdf
2.3 From PRA to PLA and Pluralism
Author: Robert Chambers

Link: http://www.ntd.co.uk/idsbookshop/details.asp?id=990
2.4 Participatory Learning and Action: A Brief Introduction
Author: Kamal Phuyal

Link: http://www.saciwaters.org/CB/PRM/PRM/IV.%20Readings/2.%20Readings%20on%20
Participatory%20Research%20Methodologies/2.4%20Participatory%20Learning%20and%20
Action%20PLA%20-%20A%20brief%20introduction_Phuyal%20Kamal.pdf
2.5 Who Counts? The Quite Revolution of Participation and Numbers
Author: Robert Chambers

Link: http://www.ntd.co.uk/idsbookshop/details.asp?id=1006
2.6 Participatory Research for Adaptive Water Management in a Transition Country – A Case Study from Uzbekistan
Authors: Hirsch Darya , Geraldine Abrami, Raffaele Giordano , Stefan Liersch, Nilufar Matin, and Maja Schlüter

Link: www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss3/art23/ES-2010-3549.pdf
2.7 Definitions, Assumptions, Characteristics and Types of Farmer Participatory Research
Author: Daniel Selener

Link: http://www.idrc.org/evaluation/ev-85043-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
2.8 Understanding and Getting the Most from Farmers' Local Knowledge
Authors: Jeffery W. Bentley and Peter S. Baker

Link: http://www.idrc.ca/cp/ev-85049-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
2.9 Data Collection Protocols & Participatory Research Techniques
Author: Aldene Shillingford

Link: http://www.caribank.org/titanweb/cdb/webcms.nsf/AllDoc/87A7DDD868B
160EE04257482005C184B/$File/ParticipatoryResearch.pdf
2.10 PRA Tools for Identifying Activities for the Mid-Term and Yearly Socio-Economic Village Development Plan (VDP)
Author: Anonymous

Link: http://www.helvetas.ch/Vietnam/wEnglish/Documents/PRA_Participatory_Appraisal_
Tool_EN.pdf
2.11 Effective Communication and Facilitation
Author: Chanda Gurung Goodrich

Link: http://www.saciwaters.org/CB/PRM/PRM/IV.%20Readings/2.%20Readings%20on%20
%Participatory20Research%20Methodologies/2.11%20Effective%20Communication%20&%20
Facilitation_Gurung%20Goodrich,%20%Chanda.pdf
2.12 The Quality of Participation: Critical Reflections on Decision Making, Context and Goals
Author: Roonie Vernooy

Link: http://www.idrc.org/fr/ev-85046-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
2.13 Interviewing: The Art of Science
Authors: Andrea Fontana and James H. Frey

Link: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~pms/cj355/readings/fontana&frey.pdf
2.14 Monitoring and Evaluating Participatory Research and Development
Author: Roonie Vernooy

Link: http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-85056-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html


*The lecture notes included in the manual / compendium were provided by the respective resource persons for the staff training programmes conducted as part of the CB Project. However, the CB Project/ SaciWATERs is not responsible in any way for the content of these lecture notes.