Participatory action research into donor–recipient relations: a case study

Rosalind Eyben, Rosario León and Naomi Hossain

Development in Practice, 2007, vol. 17, issue 2, 167-178

Abstract: This article describes the exploratory and preparatory phase of a research project designed to use co-operative enquiry as a method for transformative and participatory action research into relations between donors and recipients in two developing countries, Bolivia and Bangladesh. It describes the origins of the idea, the conceptual challenges that the authors faced in seeking funding, and what they learned from this first phase. The authors analyse why the researchers, as well as the potential subjects of the research, were uncomfortable with the proposed methodology, including the challenges arising from their own positions and the highly sensitive nature of the topic. They explain why they decided to abandon the project, and they reach some tentative conclusions concerning the options for participatory action learning and research in development practice.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1080/09614520701195741

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