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Advantages and Disadvantages <strong>of</strong> Quantitative Participatory Assessment<br />

Main Advantages or Benefits Main Disadvantages or Limitations<br />

• It does not require a starting conditions<br />

(baseline) study<br />

• Represents an easy way <strong>of</strong> quantifying<br />

qualitative issues<br />

• It is easily understood – most people are<br />

com<strong>for</strong>table with 0-100 scale and it can be<br />

implemented by local <strong>assessment</strong> teams or<br />

junior staff following training<br />

• It is easy to graph and communicate results<br />

• It is reasonably quick – 1 village <strong>assessment</strong> per<br />

day was normal in India<br />

Main Sources and Further Guidance<br />

• It does not assess attribution although<br />

questions could be phrased to include<br />

attribution<br />

• Bias and uncertainty in the scoring, e.g., it may<br />

suffer from strategic responses, depends on<br />

memory recall <strong>for</strong> starting conditions, and<br />

limited understanding <strong>of</strong> complex <strong>social</strong> or<br />

physical relationships<br />

• Repetitions or developing an index would need<br />

the same people in the focus groups year after<br />

year but this is unlikely<br />

James, A. 2003. Quantified Participatory Assessment: Capturing Qualitative In<strong>for</strong>mation in Large-Scale<br />

Development Projects. Available at: http://www.solutionexchangeun.net.in/decn/cr/res03060802.pdf<br />

James A., Pangtey V., Singh P. & Virgo K. 2002. Participatory <strong>assessment</strong>. Bringing people’s perceptions<br />

to project management desktops: a quantified participatory <strong>assessment</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Doon Valley<br />

Watershed Project in North India. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 20 (3): 201-214<br />

James, A.J., Mathew, T. & Rai, N. 2005. Report <strong>of</strong> a Ford Foundation supported Action Research Study on<br />

Conservation, Enterprise and Livelihoods. Pragmatix Research & Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd., New<br />

Delhi<br />

Social Impact Assessment <strong>of</strong> Land-Based Carbon Projects (1.0) – Part II | 61

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