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