'This book earns an important place among the growing number of critiques and auto-critiques of participatory development activities.'
'the authors challenge not only how poor people's perspectives on poverty are given 'voice' through PPR methods, but also perhaps more importantly, how powerful global dvelopment actors 'listen' to these voices.'
Canadian Journal of Development Studies
Karen Brock is a researcher at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex. She has carried out research on natural resources management and agro-pastoral livelihoods in Africa, and is currently focusing on policy-making for poverty reduction, and the political economy of knowledge construction.
Rosemary McGee is a social development specialist with a background in anthropological research on poverty and policy, poverty assessment methodologies and policy advocacy. She is currently a fellow at IDS, working mainly on civil society participation in policy processes.