ParticipatoryVulnerability Analysis: A step–by–stepguide for field staff

Author(s)
Chiwaka, E. and Yates, R.
Publication language
English
Pages
35pp
Date published
01 Jan 2004
Type
Tools, guidelines and methodologies
Keywords
Accountability and Participation, Participation, Targeting, Identification and Profiling
Organisations
ActionAid

The PVA itself evolved from a workshop
convened by ActionAid in Dorset, UK
in 2000. The workshop recognised the
importance of vulnerability in development
and emergencies-related work. It also
identified that one of the gaps was in
translating the knowledge of vulnerability
into practice. Specific areas included how
to build community resilience to disasters;
link emergencies and development;
influence policy and most of all motivate
the most vulnerable.
The workshop agreed to develop a guide
on PVA that will be used by field staff.
Thereafter a series of studies took place
in conjunction with Swansea University
(Centre for Development Studies) in
Bangladesh, India and Ghana. A field test
of PVA was conducted in The Gambia (May
2003) culminating in the formulation of this
PVA guide.