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Ecd 318: Participatory Development And Community Capacity Building Question Paper

Ecd 318: Participatory Development And Community Capacity Building

Course:Environmental Studies And Community Development

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2013

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION 2013/2014
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT)
ECD 3I8: PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING

DATE: Tuesday 26th November 2013 TIME: 11.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS
Answer Question ONE and any other TWO.
Briefly explain any four assumption on which participatory approaches are based (8 marks)
b) Explain your understanding of the concept “people participation in development” and why the concept is relevant for community development work in Kenya today. (10 marks)
c) Write short notes on:
i) Community mapping (4 marks)
ii) Community capacity building (4 marks)
iii) Participatory planning (4 marks)
a) Exhaustively explain how the Rapid rural appraisal (RRA) approach is different from the participatory rural appraisal (PRA) approach. (12 marks)
b) Explain four reasons that explain the origins of participatory approaches (8 marks)
a) Briefly explain any four principles that underline the rapid appraisal of agricultural knowledge systems (RAAKS) method. (8 marks)
b) Explain the features of people centered development and show why this people focused participatory approach is best to the conduct of community development (12 marks)
a) Explain your understanding of the concept “participatory technology development” (4 marks)
b) Using examples, discuss the typologies of participation as conceived by Biggs (16 marks)
a) Briefly discuss four reasons in favor of conducting a participatory evaluation (12 marks)
b) Briefly discuss how PRA can be regarded as a community empowerment approach (8 marks)

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