ABSTRACT
This chapter presents an example of development context. Similarly, the development context presented by Burns and Catley explored the use of participatory methods in a participatory impact assessment of a post-drought recovery and famine mitigation project in Zimbabwe. Although the programme itself was a post-disaster initiative, its characteristics were deemed to represent more of a development context. On the other hand, it was easier to label Mdee's chapter as development and those by Kanti and Dutt, and Jigyasu as post-disaster, though they had certain overlapping elements too. The chapter provides a brief summary of the main strengths and weaknesses of participatory methods in development and post-disaster environments. The main strength of the participatory approach for Mdee's research in Tanzania was the way it provided different opportunities for dealing with the challenge of insider and outsider perspectives.
