The power of participatory monitoring and evaluation: insights from south-west China

Authors: Vernooy, Ronnie1; Qiu, Sun2; Xu, Jianchu1

Source: Development in Practice, Volume 16, Number 5, August 2006 , pp. 400-411(12)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

This article examines the capacity-building experiences of two research teams in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces in south-west China who used participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) to strengthen their development research, particularly in the area of natural-resource management (NRM). The authors describe their efforts to incorporate PM&E practices in their work. The process proved challenging, despite political and economic changes in China that aim to allow more space for local voice and decision-making power in the management of natural resources and other village affairs. Institutionalising PM&E has still a long way to go and will require more field practice, greater integration in the processes of organisational development, and stronger connections with agendas of political change.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/09614520600792275

Affiliations: 1: Department of Ethnobotany, Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming, China 2: Centre for Integrated Rural Development Research, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, China

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