The best of two worlds? : methodology for participatory assessment of community water services

摘要: Keywords: domestic water supply, community management, gender, poverty, program planning, evaluation, monitoring, policy, participatory methods, sustainability, use The Methodology for Participatory Assessment, or MPA, is a new, multi-level instrument to combine sustainability analysis of community-managed services with the gender and poverty perspectives. Communities, projects, programs have used, are using, methodology evaluate processes results, monitor improve existing services, plan new projects. MPA allows all stakeholders - from better off poor women men in communities managers investors one set methods data compare progress identify key agency factors project success further strengthening. quantifies PRA at country level makes them comparable. book describes objectives, history, social scientific background development methodology. This followed by detailed description itself, case studies its impacts. Validation took place global study implemented World Bank Water Sanitation Program cooperation IRC. In this study, 88 rural 15 countries used their supplies. presents implications policies planning supply lessons training