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Rigour, timeliness, and trade-offs in research: experience from India’s Swachh Bharat Mission

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  • Jamie Myers
  • Naomi Vernon
  • Robert Chambers

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This article presents lessons learnt from the evolution and usage of rapid action learning methods developed to support the Swachh Bharat Mission – Gramin (the Clean India Mission – Rural) in India. The Mission, started in 2014, aimed to change the sanitation behaviours of over 530 million people across 706 districts in five years. Participatory, action-orientated research and learning methods were trialled with government implementers, development partners, and communities. It was found that these methods enabled both a greater understanding of impacts at the community level, horizontal learning across districts, and the capacity development of Mission implementers.

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  • Jamie Myers & Naomi Vernon & Robert Chambers, 2024. "Rigour, timeliness, and trade-offs in research: experience from India’s Swachh Bharat Mission," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(3), pages 311-324, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:34:y:2024:i:3:p:311-324
    DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2023.2270634
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