OESP Handbook Series
Editorial Board: Sharon Capeling-Alakija, Carlos Lopes, Abdenour Benbouali
and Djibril Diallo
Managing Editor: Janet Donnelly

Foreword

Introduction

• Purpose of the Handbook
• Audience
• Organization of the Handbook

Part One:
Participatory Evaluation: An Overview

• Evolution of the Participatory Approach
• Participatory Action Research
• Rapid Rural Appraisal and Participatory Learning and Action
• Farming Systems Research
• Self-Evaluation and Beneficiary Assessments

Part Two:
Participatory Evaluation

• Functions of Participatory Evaluation
• Differences Between Participatory and More Conventional Evaluations
• Rationale for a Participatory Approach to Evaluation

Part Three:
Participation within UNDP

• Participation as a Philosophy
• Participation and UNDP Programming

Part Four:
How to do a Participatory Evaluation

• Framework
• Practical Considerations
• Possible Reactions to the Participatory Evaluation Process

Part Five:
Training Module ''Money and Mambas''

• Introduction
• Purpose
• Audience
• Format.
• Guide to the Facilitator

Money and Mambas or Listening to the People. Case Study: Participatory Evaluation of a Water and Sanitation Project

Questions for Group Work

Annexes:
Annex I.

• Glossary

Annex II.

• A Sampling of Tools for a Participatory Evaluation

Annex III.

• Who's Doing What? Organizations Supporting Participation

Annex IV.

• Resource Persons, Groups and Institutions

Bibliography