Listen to the People: Participant-Observer Evaluation of Development Projects - Hardcover

Salmen, Lawrence F

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195205456 ISBN 13: 9780195205459

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1987

Synopsis

An account of the author's experience living with slum dwellers who are the beneficiaries of World Bank projects in La Paz, Bolivia, and Guayaquil, Ecuador, this book discusses the extension of this experience to rural and urban projects in Bolivia, Brazil, and Thailand. It also examines the participant-observer evaluation itself, both conceptually and in reference to the methodology of evaluation of social programs.

About this title

About the Author

Lawrence F. Salmen is at The World Bank.

Review

"A fascinating account of manifest and latent outcomes of World Bank urban development projects in two Latin American cities....Salmen...demonstrates a very thorough knowledge of Third World urban development....His extension and generalization of the utility of participant observation to
development projects throughout the Third World is excellent....The book fills a real void in the international development literature."--Choice

"Written simply and offers good reading for planners and evaluators."--Health Policy and Planning

"A thoughtful and honest account of the process of economic development, which identifies both common pitfalls and possibilities for success....An excellent source."--Miriam Chaiken, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195205456
• ISBN 13: 9780195205459
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 164