Evaluating community projects through participatory rural appraisal: case study of a CSR initiative in India.

The success of any project depends on the stakeholder participation. There are many methods by which stakeholder participation is ensured in a project. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) is an approach that is used by many development projects to incorporate knowledge and opinions of the stakeholde...

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Publicado en:Social Work Education Vol. 44; no. 6; pp. 1437 - 1454
Autores principales: Thampi, Kiran, Madavanakadu Devassy, Saju, Selvaraj Prasanna, Rajeev, Odathakkal, Jolly John
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2025
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          Thampi, Kiran
          Madavanakadu Devassy, Saju
          Selvaraj Prasanna, Rajeev
          Odathakkal, Jolly John
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          Department of Social Work, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), Kalamassery, India
          School of Social and Political Science, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland
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        India
        Social responsibility of business
        Community development
        Social services
        Case method (Teaching)
        Stakeholder analysis
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          Social responsibility of business
          Community development
          Social services
          Case method (Teaching)
          India
          Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development
          Other local, municipal and regional public administration
          Other Individual and Family Services
          Stakeholder analysis
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        CSR in India
        evaluation of CSR projects
        participatory evaluation
        participatory rural appraisal
        social work in CSR
        CSR in India
        evaluation of CSR projects
        participatory evaluation
        participatory rural appraisal
        social work in CSR
      ab: The success of any project depends on the stakeholder participation. There are many methods by which stakeholder participation is ensured in a project. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) is an approach that is used by many development projects to incorporate knowledge and opinions of the stakeholders, especially the beneficiaries, in various stages like planning, implementation, and evaluation. This paper documents a PRA exercise done by trained social work students to evaluate a company's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects implemented in India. Apart from highlighting the process of conducting PRA, this paper sheds light on the possibility of using participatory methods like PRA to assess CSR projects in India, which ensures the inclusion of the perception of beneficiaries. The research adopted a case study approach, and the participants were the beneficiaries of CSR projects in the community. Qualitative feedback was also taken from 20 participants to understand the advantages of using participatory tools in the performance evaluation of CSR. The group discussions, in-depth interviews and PRA techniques were adopted to gather data. The findings underline the relevance of social work professionals in CSR initiatives and also the role of PRA in empowering the beneficiaries.
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