Communities, Livelihoods and Natural Resources - Action Research and Policy Change in Asia
Come and interview the key authors of this book and get a free signed copy at the book launch at the Arma Resort, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, on June 19th 2006, at 5:30PM.
The book provides practitioners with models of “good practice” in participatory, community-based resource management and demonstrates how site-based research contributes to broader learning in the field of natural resource management and policy. In addition to its uses for practitioners, this book will also be a valuable resource for graduate students in development tudies and for applied researchers in government or private research organizations interested in development programs and policy analysis.
Read what some prominent reviewers have to say:
Brings together an impressive set of action research studies [that] are clearly written and understandable. Both researchers and practitioners concerned with rural development will find the book to be a valuable source of lessons and inspiration.
Ruth Meinzen-Dick
Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
This book is a timely contribution. [It] is particularly valuable since it contains a synthesis of actual field experiences derived from over 75 research projects …and should be widely read and used both by professional scholars and policymakers.
Professor M.S. Swaminathan
Chairman, National Commission on Farmers, Government of India
