Well-being ranking : developments in applied community-level poverty research / edited by John Rowley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rowley, John, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Well-being--Evaluation--Methodology.

Well-being.

Wealth--Evaluation--Methodology.

Wealth.

Evaluation.

Methodology.

Physical Description:

173 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Rugby : Practical Action Pub, 2014.

Summary:

Wealth-ranking is a participatory tool enabling people to group others in their community into wealth bands, and thus identify the very poor. The method has been developed to include the broader aspects of well-being - such as social standing and health - that people value as much as material wealth. Wellbeing Ranking tells the story of the development of these assessment methods since the rise of wealth ranking in the 1980s. It looks at the results of well-being ranking exercises and how they help identify important differences within communities and monitor changes in well-being over time. The book points out the strengths and weaknesses of the methods used at community level. It suggests that understanding differences within communities is essential for good development aid work. The book describes the successful use of ranking tools over large populations and the value of using multidimensional models of well-being and briefly explores the ideas used to make assessments of well-being at national levels. This book is essential reading for everyone interested in participatory methods, from researchers and students of international development, to field workers and staff of international development agencies. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction to wellbeing ranking: developments in applied community-level poverty research / John Rowley Rowley, John 1

2 How wealth ranking was developed / Barbara Grandin Grandin, Barbara 9

3 The history of wellbeing ranking techniques / John Rowley Rowley, John 13

4 Some practical examples and what users say about wellbeing ranking / John Rowley Rowley, John 33

5 Methodological issues in wellbeing ranking / John Rowley Rowley, John 49

6 Using participatory wealth ranking in a South African microfinance organization: the value of scale / Anton Simanowitz Simanowitz, Anton 71

7 Wellbeing ranking, semi-structured interviews and practitioner bias: personality traits and participatory narratives / Claire Heffernan Heffernan, Claire, Federica Misturelli Misturelli, Federica 89

8 Wellbeing assessment in practice: lessons from wellbeing and poverty pathways / Nina Marshall Marshall, Nina, Sarah C. White White, Sarah C., Stanley O. Gaines Gaines, Stanley O., Shreya Jha Jha, Shreya 111

9 Wealth ranking to wellbeing: where next for development? / Roger Williamson Williamson, Roger 127

10 Conclusions about wellbeing assessments and ideas for the future / John Rowley Rowley, John 153.

ISBN:

1853398462

9781853398469

OCLC:

880199601