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Participatory Development

Participatory development is a development methodology whereby local and affected communities collectively determine development priorities and design interventions through inclusive dialogue and consensus-based decision-making, with implementation responsibility vested in the participating communities.

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Participatory learning for sustainable agriculture

Jules Pretty · World Development · 1995 · 1.7K citations

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Unpacking 'Participation': models, meanings and practices

Andréa Cornwall · Community Development Journal · 2008 · 1.6K citations

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Participatory Exclusions, Community Forestry, and Gender: An Analysis for South Asia and a Conceptual Framework

Bina Agarwal · World Development · 2001 · 1.4K citations

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Participatory development and empowerment: The dangers of localism

Giles Mohan, Kristian Stokke · Third World Quarterly · 2000 · 1K citations

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Depoliticising development: The uses and abuses of participation

Sarah C. White · Development in Practice · 1996 · 953 citations

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  1. AC
    Andréa Cornwall

    University of Sussex, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 3.5K citations

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  2. KK
    Kasper Kok

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    7 publications · 826 citations

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  3. AD
    Andy Dearden

    Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 109 citations

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  4. NI
    Netta Iivari

    University of Oulu, Finland

    5 publications · 271 citations

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  5. SB
    Stephen Biggs

    University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 242 citations

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  1. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    19 h-index

    35 publications

    2.4K citations

  2. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    19 h-index

    40 publications

    3K citations

  3. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    19 h-index

    40 publications

    3.3K citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    15 h-index

    23 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    14 h-index

    41 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    21 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. University of KwaZulu-Natal

    Durban, South Africa

    13 h-index

    34 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    12 h-index

    22 publications

    1.6K citations

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  1. Development in Practice

    50 publications · 3.6K citations

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  2. World Development

    25 publications · 6.5K citations

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  3. Community Development Journal

    35 publications · 3.5K citations

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  4. Action Research

    AR · 23 publications · 778 citations

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  5. Ecology and Society

    17 publications · 962 citations

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See also

Participatory Development

Core Methods

Stakeholder Roles

Evaluation

Governance Structures

Limitations