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Constraints in the practice of PRA

Ramachandran, Vidya

This is a summarization of a paper by David Mosse entitled Authority, gender and knowledge: theoretical reflections on the practice of Participatory Rural Appraisal. The author of this paper concentrates on key issues which influence the outcomes of PRA exercises. The objective is to make readers aware of the limitations and misuse of PRA, and to make practitioners more careful and more sensitive in the choice and use of PRA tools and techniques.