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Policy Arena: Using Grassroots Experience To Inform Macro Level Policy: An Ngo Perspective

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  • CAROLINE HARPER

    (The Save the Children Fund, UK)

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NGDOs and other development agencies advocate micro experience to inform macro policy in order to address negative impacts which can erode sustainable development efforts. However, channels to enable use of grassroots information, a commonly understood language, and the conviction from key players that grassroots information is actually necessary for macro policy design are all, as yet, undeveloped. Extrapolating from the micro to the macro raises issues of access, rigour and relevance, some aspects of which have begun to be addressed through RRA and PRA methodologies. An avenue requiring further development is the use of PRA as a tool of empowerment in policy design rather than simply a means of information extraction. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Caroline Harper, 1997. "Policy Arena: Using Grassroots Experience To Inform Macro Level Policy: An Ngo Perspective," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 9(5), pages 771-778.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jintdv:v:9:y:1997:i:5:p:771-778
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(199707)9:5<771::AID-JID443>3.0.CO;2-#
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    1. Jane G. Covey, 1995. "Accountability and effectiveness in NGO policy Alliances," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 7(6), pages 857-867, November.
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