Participatory techniques in action

This video is a compilation of examples of recent World Bank experience in participatory approaches and features three films: 1) Participation and the World Bank's work : learning to get better at it, includes footage of several participatory projects and interviews with many World Bank staff sharing their personal views about participation and how the Bank is addressing the issue. 2) The poverty experts : a participatory poverty assessment in Tanzania, documents a participatory study in Tanzania, where 85 poor communities were actively involved in an assessment of the nation's poverty. Some striking differences between the perspectives of the poor and the results of a more traditional survey are highlighted. 3) Groundwork : participatory research for girls' education, tells the story of a participatory rural appraisal exercise on girls' education in The Gambia. The film shows how outside researchers can help a community analyze its own problems and achieve viable solutions.