Development as Process: Concepts and Methods for Working with Complexity (Routledge Research Odi Development Policy Studies, 2)

HALF-TITLE......Page 1
TITLE......Page 3
COPYRIGHT......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 5
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 10
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 11
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
Introducing process monitoring and documentation......Page 13
What does it mean to view development as a process?......Page 14
Why should we monitor or document this process?......Page 15
What approaches are there to understand ‘process’?......Page 19
Social science and development practice......Page 22
Social research in development projects......Page 23
The sociology of development......Page 28
Beyond knowledge as a public good......Page 32
Notes......Page 35
References......Page 36
Process documentation research (PDR)......Page 41
Process documentation research—general issues......Page 44
Process monitoring within individual projects......Page 47
Process monitoring in inter-agency settings......Page 50
Critical concerns......Page 53
Notes......Page 59
References......Page 60
Part 1  PROCESS MONITORING AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS......Page 63
Introduction......Page 64
Process documentation research in the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) projects......Page 66
PDR in participatory pilot irrigation projects......Page 67
Methodology......Page 68
The AKRSP Project......Page 69
Pilot irrigation projects......Page 70
Rainwater harvesting projects......Page 71
Some issues......Page 72
References......Page 73
The context......Page 75
Step 1:  the selection of domains of change to be monitored......Page 76
Step 4:  phrasing the question......Page 77
Step 5:  the structure of participation......Page 78
Step 7:  verification......Page 80
Outcomes so far......Page 81
Orthodox versus evolutionary approaches to monitoring......Page 84
Conclusions and issues remaining......Page 88
References......Page 90
5  IMPACT ASSESSMENT, PROCESS PROJECTS AND OUTPUT-TO-PURPOSE REVIEWS......Page 91
Case study 1:  the Faisalabad Area Upgrading Project (FAUP), Pakistan......Page 94
Case study 2:  the Ha Tinh Poverty programme, Vietnam......Page 98
Emerging lessons and challenges for DFID......Page 101
Notes......Page 102
Part 2  PROCESS MONITORING IN INTER-AGENCY CONTEXTS......Page 104
Introduction......Page 105
The ICLARM project......Page 106
Theoretical issues......Page 108
The discourse of ‘partnership’......Page 109
The research methodology......Page 111
Understanding the ICLARM project in terms of process......Page 112
Emerging issues......Page 115
Reflections on the methodological problems encountered......Page 116
Conclusions......Page 118
Notes......Page 119
References......Page 120
Introduction......Page 122
Programme background......Page 123
Building a process......Page 126
Monitoring, information sharing and decision making......Page 128
Summary......Page 133
References......Page 135
Introduction......Page 137
Context......Page 139
PM in Udaipur: changing techniques and strategies......Page 142
Village-level studies (VLS)......Page 144
Working Papers......Page 145
Recent Developments......Page 146
The KVK Forum......Page 150
Prospects for PM......Page 151
Is PM sustainable?......Page 152
The role of external organisations......Page 154
References......Page 155
Part 3   PROCESS MONITORING AND POLICY REFORM......Page 156
The policy process—an introduction......Page 157
Learning from policy experiments in reform......Page 162
Background......Page 165
Key monitoring issues......Page 167
Background......Page 173
The forest departments and policy reform......Page 174
Process planning and documentation prospects......Page 176
A forest of visions and institutional discourse......Page 178
Gains and reversals in the learning process......Page 181
It’s good to talk......Page 187
The implications for development projects and policy......Page 189
References......Page 192
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 195
INDEX......Page 196