Participatory Management and Local Culture : Proverbs and Paradigms

Whereas evaluation has often been considered an activity required by donors, but fundamentally foreign to local culture, there is however plenty which has been done recently to develop participatory, and empowering modes of program evaluation, givi...

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Main Author:	Easton, Peter
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	PARTICIPATORY PROCESS LOCAL CULTURE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENT MONITORING & EVALUATION STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION TECHNOLOGY CHOICE ADMINISTRATIVE DISCRETION DECENTRALIZATION IN MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS CULTURAL FACTORS LINGUISTICS LANGUAGE DIVERSITY HUMAN CAPITAL POLICY COORDINATION TRADITIONAL CULTURE SELF DETERMINATION SOCIAL MOBILITY GOVERNANCE CAPACITY APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION METHODOLOGY HISTORIANS LEARNING LITERACY RESEARCHERS SCHOOLS TRADITION VALIDITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/03/1671228/participatory-management-local-culture-proverbs-paradigms http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10820

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spelling	okr-10986-108202021-06-14T11:02:46Z Participatory Management and Local Culture : Proverbs and Paradigms Easton, Peter PARTICIPATORY PROCESS LOCAL CULTURE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENT MONITORING & EVALUATION STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION TECHNOLOGY CHOICE ADMINISTRATIVE DISCRETION DECENTRALIZATION IN MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS CULTURAL FACTORS LINGUISTICS LANGUAGE DIVERSITY HUMAN CAPITAL POLICY COORDINATION LOCAL CULTURE TRADITIONAL CULTURE SELF DETERMINATION SOCIAL MOBILITY GOVERNANCE CAPACITY APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION METHODOLOGY HISTORIANS LEARNING LITERACY LOCAL CULTURE RESEARCHERS SCHOOLS TRADITION VALIDITY Whereas evaluation has often been considered an activity required by donors, but fundamentally foreign to local culture, there is however plenty which has been done recently to develop participatory, and empowering modes of program evaluation, giving local stakeholders active roles, and a say in how evaluation is performed. Furthermore, unanticipated results of participatory evaluation practices in West Africa has brought to light local attitudinal approaches to evaluation, thus creating a basis for the development of an appropriate evaluation methodology. Incredibly, one of the means for such results was the use of proverbs, which encapsulate local attitudes, and provide insight in evaluation-related issues, such as accountability, performance, and social responsibility. Such "proverbial" culture placed evaluation at its best form of collective decision-making, making the participatory approach to evaluation a leitmotif. This attitude creates the basis for helping beneficiaries develop a culturally-appropriate technology of democratic self-governance. 2012-08-13T13:12:16Z 2012-08-13T13:12:16Z 2000-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/03/1671228/participatory-management-local-culture-proverbs-paradigms http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10820 English Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 18 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa
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topic	PARTICIPATORY PROCESS LOCAL CULTURE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENT MONITORING & EVALUATION STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION TECHNOLOGY CHOICE ADMINISTRATIVE DISCRETION DECENTRALIZATION IN MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS CULTURAL FACTORS LINGUISTICS LANGUAGE DIVERSITY HUMAN CAPITAL POLICY COORDINATION LOCAL CULTURE TRADITIONAL CULTURE SELF DETERMINATION SOCIAL MOBILITY GOVERNANCE CAPACITY APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION METHODOLOGY HISTORIANS LEARNING LITERACY LOCAL CULTURE RESEARCHERS SCHOOLS TRADITION VALIDITY
spellingShingle	PARTICIPATORY PROCESS LOCAL CULTURE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENT MONITORING & EVALUATION STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION TECHNOLOGY CHOICE ADMINISTRATIVE DISCRETION DECENTRALIZATION IN MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS CULTURAL FACTORS LINGUISTICS LANGUAGE DIVERSITY HUMAN CAPITAL POLICY COORDINATION LOCAL CULTURE TRADITIONAL CULTURE SELF DETERMINATION SOCIAL MOBILITY GOVERNANCE CAPACITY APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION METHODOLOGY HISTORIANS LEARNING LITERACY LOCAL CULTURE RESEARCHERS SCHOOLS TRADITION VALIDITY Easton, Peter Participatory Management and Local Culture : Proverbs and Paradigms
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description	Whereas evaluation has often been considered an activity required by donors, but fundamentally foreign to local culture, there is however plenty which has been done recently to develop participatory, and empowering modes of program evaluation, giving local stakeholders active roles, and a say in how evaluation is performed. Furthermore, unanticipated results of participatory evaluation practices in West Africa has brought to light local attitudinal approaches to evaluation, thus creating a basis for the development of an appropriate evaluation methodology. Incredibly, one of the means for such results was the use of proverbs, which encapsulate local attitudes, and provide insight in evaluation-related issues, such as accountability, performance, and social responsibility. Such "proverbial" culture placed evaluation at its best form of collective decision-making, making the participatory approach to evaluation a leitmotif. This attitude creates the basis for helping beneficiaries develop a culturally-appropriate technology of democratic self-governance.
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author	Easton, Peter
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title	Participatory Management and Local Culture : Proverbs and Paradigms
title_short	Participatory Management and Local Culture : Proverbs and Paradigms
title_full	Participatory Management and Local Culture : Proverbs and Paradigms
title_fullStr	Participatory Management and Local Culture : Proverbs and Paradigms
title_full_unstemmed	Participatory Management and Local Culture : Proverbs and Paradigms
title_sort	participatory management and local culture : proverbs and paradigms
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/03/1671228/participatory-management-local-culture-proverbs-paradigms http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10820
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