Partners in Planning : information, participation and empowerment

Includes Bibliographical references and Index

1. Why is information important for planning and empowerment?
2. Choosing methods and encouraging attitudes and behaviours that promote partnerships
3. Choosing techniques for participation and empowerment (Part 1)
4. Choosing techniques for participation and empowerment (Part 2)
5. Doing a participatory needs assessment
6. Planning with partners: an example and challenges
App. 2. Using the spidergram to measure participation
App. 3. Case study of two Primary Health Care programmes in Peru

This text is about how professionals can work with local lay people in an equal partnership to support development programmes, particularly in the areas of health and education