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Rapid Rural Appraisal in Humid Tropical Forests: An Asset Possession-based Approach and Validation Methods for Wealth Assessment among Forest Peasant Households”, World Development (2000)
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@MISC{Takasaki00rapidrural,
author = {Yoshito Takasaki and Bradford L. Barham and Oliver T. Coomes},
title = {Rapid Rural Appraisal in Humid Tropical Forests: An Asset Possession-based Approach and Validation Methods for Wealth Assessment among Forest Peasant Households”, World Development},
year = {2000}
}
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Abstract
Summary. — Researchers and practitioners often use rapid rural appraisal (RRA) methods to secure a representative, accurate, and cost-eective portrayal of wealth rankings among rural populations. This paper proposes an asset possession-based approach to developing RRA wealth rankings and portrayals of wealth holdings and portfolios. It also oers new validation methods for RRA eorts, especially for identifying sources of error in wealth attribution and rankings. The approach and validation methods are examined using data gathered from forest peasant
Keyphrases
validation method asset possession-based approach rapid rural appraisal humid tropical forest wealth assessment world development forest peasant household forest peasant wealth attribution rra wealth ranking rural population wealth holding wealth ranking rra eorts cost-eective portrayal new validation method
