Unpacking the Participatory Process
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This paper questions the adequacy of the process dimensions of the earlier version of the participatory framework. Their ongoing analysis of process dimensions reveals that the stakeholder selection dimension is problematic and needs reconsideration. This paper represents the framework and describes enhancements to the process dimension component. By way of illustration, the framework is applied to two separate case examples of practical participatory evaluation.
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