1 January 2003
How to Generate Statistics and Influence Policy Using Participatory Methods in Research: Reflections on Work in Malawi 1999-2002
Published by: IDS
In Malawi in 1999-2002 we conducted research studies using participatory methods to generate population estimates; estimates of the proportion of people in a population with certain characteristics (e.g. the very food insecure); and estimates of the proportion of people in a population that should be targeted by an intervention.