Robb, Caroline M.2013-06-172013-06-1720020-8213-5000-5https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13953This book focuses on the World Bank's experience with Participatory Poverty Assessments (PPAs). Some practitioners have argued that a number of World Bank PPAs should not be included because they were extractive, did not influence policy, and were not participatory. However, both good and bad practice PPAs is included in this analysis to facilitate learning from past experiences. Participatory poverty assessments are showing the World Bank and other outside observers of poverty that are not the only poverty experts. Poor people have a long overlooked capacity to contribute to the analysis of poverty-and without their insights to know only part of the reality of poverty, its causes, and the survival strategies of the poor. The objective of a comprehensive poverty analysis, therefore, should be to conduct participatory research and household surveys interactively, so that they enhance each other. If a PPA is conducted after the household survey, the results will explain, challenge, reinforce, or shed new light on household survey data. The results of the household survey can also, of course, explain, challenge, or reinforce the PPA. If the PPA is conducted before the household survey, the PPA results could assist in generating hypotheses, shaping the design of the household survey, and developing survey questions appropriate for the respondents. Ideally, this should be an ongoing process whereby both PPAs and household surveys are conducted periodically and feed into each other. The results of past PPAs indicate that when they are used in conjunction with household surveys, the final assessment is a much fuller analysis of the varying dimensions of poverty, and the policy recommendations are more relevant and informed.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO INFORMATIONAID AGENCIESBENEFICIARIESBENEFICIARY ASSESSMENTSCAPCAPACITY BUILDINGCASCHANGES IN POVERTYCHARACTERCHILD LABORCLEAN WATERCOMMUNITY ACTIONCOMMUNITY GROUPSCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCOPING MECHANISMSCOPING STRATEGIESCORRUPTIONCRIMEDEBT RELIEFDEFINITIONS OF POVERTYDEVELOPMENT PLANNINGDIMENSIONS OF POVERTYECONOMIC POLICIESEXTREME POVERTYFERTILITYFLEXIBILITYFORM OF POVERTYGDPGENDER DISPARITYGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONSGOOD GOVERNANCEGROUP INTERVIEWSHEAVILY INDEBTED POOR COUNTRIESHIPCHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLD WELFAREHUMAN DEVELOPMENTILLNESSINCOMEINEQUALITYINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALSLACK OF EDUCATIONLEARNINGLIVELIHOODLIVELIHOODSLIVING STANDARDSMATERNAL MORTALITYNATIONAL POVERTYNEGOTIATIONNGONONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSNUTRITIONPARTICIPATORY APPROACHPARTICIPATORY METHODSPARTICIPATORY MONITORINGPARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTPARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTSPARTICIPATORY PROCESSPARTICIPATORY RESEARCHPARTICIPATORY RESEARCH METHODSPARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISALPARTICIPATORY TOOLSPOORPOOR COMMUNITIESPOOR COUNTRIESPOOR PEOPLEPOOR URBAN AREASPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY ANALYSISPOVERTY ERADICATIONPOVERTY FOCUSPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIESPOVERTY ISSUESPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MONITORINGPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTSPOVERTY REDUCTION OBJECTIVESPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIESPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERSPOVERTY RESEARCHPOVERTY STATUSPOWERLESSNESSPPAPRAPRICE SUBSIDIESPROGRAMSQUALITATIVE DATAQUALITATIVE RESEARCHQUALITY OF SERVICESQUANTITATIVE SURVEYSRAPID RURAL APPRAISALREGIONAL CONTEXTRRARURALRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL INFRASTRUCTURERURAL POVERTYRURAL POVERTY REDUCTIONSAMPLE SIZESANITATIONSCHOOLINGSOCIAL CAPITALSOCIAL IMPACTSSOCIAL POLICIESSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENTSTRUCTURAL REFORMSSURVIVAL STRATEGIESSUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTIONTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETENANCYTRANSPARENCYUNDERSTANDING OF POVERTYURBAN POVERTYVULNERABLE GROUPSWELFARE INDICATORSWELFARE MONITORINGWIDESPREAD POVERTYWorld Bank10.1596/0-8213-5000-5