1. Sharing our Concerns and Looking to the Future. ~2. Handle with Care! Rapid Studies and the Poor - Clas Lindberg, Vesa-Matti Loiske, Wilhelm Östberg and Claude Mung'ong'o. ~3. PRA and Raised Expectations: Potentials and Pitfalls - Richard Edwards. ~4. The Grandfather Graph - Nurul Islam Nazem and Pete Atkins. ~5. Social Maps and Geographical Transects - some recent experiences in Orissa, India - Prahlad Mishra and Gayatree Mohanty. ~6. Women Prefer Lunchtime - Claus Euler. ~7. Beyond Ranking: Exploring relative references in P/RRA - Simon Maxwell and Claud Bart. ~8.Defending the Land with Maps - Derek Denniston (with Andrew Leake). ~9. PRA in a Health Education, Water and Sanitation Project in Kenya - David Adriance. ~10. RRA in Coastal Resource Planning: Malampaya Sound, The Philippines - Michael Pido. ~11. Rehabilitating Minor Irrigation Tanks - S. Kasivelu, Rupert Howes and John Devavaram. ~12. Diagrams in Demographic Data Collection: Examples from the Tembomvura, Zimbabwe - Ravai Marindo-Ranganai. ~13. PRA for Self-Reliant Rural Development: The case of a resettlement area in Ethiopia - Savina Ammassari. 14. A Participatory Organisational Appraisal of ACORD - Mick Howes and Chris Roche. ~15. Ranking Constraints in a Community Forestry and Soil Conservation Programme - Kebede Asrat. ~16. PRA for People and Parks: The case of Mole National Park, Ghana - John Mason and Elijah Danso. ~17. The Use of RRA in Conservation Expeditions: Experiences from Sierra Leone - Sarah Pocknell and Danny Annaly. ~18. Tips for Trainers: Non-Verbal Sequences. ~Endnotes.

Includes the following articles: ~1.Correspondence Corner. ~2.Helicopters at Nhlangwini - Raymond Auerbach. ~3. Resource Flow - Venn Diagrams: a Two-in-One Approach - Rama Gounder, K. Natarajamoorthy, C. Chinnusamy, P. Nasuredeen, R. Ganesan, N. Shanmugavalli, V.A. Sakunthala, J. Rao. ~4.Measuring Agroecosystems Properties: Adaptation of Matrix Scoring Technique - M. Shanmugam, A. Palchamy, S. Jeeva, A. Kumar, K.C. John, Mr. and Mrs. Marappan. ~5.Sorting Fact from Opinion: the Use of a Direct Matrix to Evaluate Finger Millet Varieties - Michael Drinkwater. ~6.Ranking in Planning of Emergency Programme in Angola - Marie-Noelle Vieu. ~7.The Role of Focus Group Interviews in Assessing the Primary Health Care and Family Planning Programme in India - Abusaleh Shariff and Pravin Visaria. ~8. Comparison of RRA and Intensive Residential Study: the Case of Marit, Plateau State, Nigeria - RRA Workshop Participants (Marit Team) and Newcastle University Expedition. ~9. Women's PRA in Hindupur - Eva Robinson. ~10. Examples of PRA in Wetland Development in Guinea Bissau - Koos Neefjes. ~11.Rapid Appraisal of Organisational Cultures: a Challenge for Field Work - Uwe Kievelitz and Rolf-Dieter Reineke. ~12. Methodological Innovations in Burkina Faso with Village Network Mapping - Irene Guijt. ~13.Tips for Trainers: the Margolis Wheel.

Includes the following articles: ~1. Genealogies as a Method of Social Mapping in PRA - David Mosse and Mona Mehta. ~2. Are Some "Participatory" Techniques Culturally Biased? (Or: Are We Hooked on Mom's Apple Pie?) - Gerard J Gill. ~3.Community Self Survey - Huub Gaymans and Yanti Maskoen. ~4. Learning to Use RRA and PRA to Improve the Activities of Two Landcare Groups in Australia - Tony Dunn. ~5. Finding Out How People Prioritise Their Food Security Problems in Chad: the Challenges of RRA at National Level - M. Buchanan-Smith, K. Abdelkader, M. Saleh Abdelmajid, A. Allemane, I. Banguita, Behom, S. Djel, B. Idrissa, U. Kleih, B. Mbailenang, F. Rivière, A. Sainibi, D. Tambayo and B. Vandou. ~6. Community Participation in Small and Big Villages - N. Narayanasamy and M.P. Boraian. ~7. Some Observations on Wealth Ranking after an RRA Looking at Soil Fertility Management in Northeastern Zimbabwe - S. Carter, A. Chidiamassamba, P. Jeranyama, B. Mafukidze, G. Malakela, Z. Mvena, M. Mudhara, N. Nabane, S. Van Oosterhout-Campbell, L. Price and N. Sithole. ~8. Wealth Ranking for Agricultural Research Purposes in the Eastern Hills of Nepal - G.O'G Sharrock, K. Waldie and Y. Joshi. ~9.FARMI's Experiences on Wealth Ranking in the Philippines: Different Farmers Have Different Needs - L. Tung and F. Baliña. ~10. PRA: An Approach to Find Felt Needs of Crop Varieties - M. Manoharan, K. Velayudham and N. Shunmugavalli. ~11. Tips for Trainers: Symbolic Introductions. ~12. Endnotes.