Rigour, timeliness, and trade-offs in research

Experience from India's Swachh Bharat Mission

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ID3886970
AuthorsJamie Myers (0000-0002-0973-7565, Institute of Development Studies, corresponding author), Naomi Vernon (Institute of Development Studies), Robert Chamber (0000-0002-9693-7767), Robert Chambers (0000-0001-8475-4501, Institute of Development Studies)
Year2024
Volume34
Issue3
Pages311-324
Publication date2024-04-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614524.2023.2270634
OpenAlexW4388562977
LanguageEN
References cited33

This article presents lessons learnt from the evolution and usage of rapid action learning methods developed to support the Swachh Bharat Mission – Gramin (the Clean India Mission – Rural) in India. The Mission, started in 2014, aimed to change the sanitation behaviours of over 530 million people across 706 districts in five years. Participatory, action-orientated research and learning methods were trialled with government implementers, development partners, and communities. It was found that these methods enabled both a greater understanding of impacts at the community level, horizontal learning across districts, and the capacity development of Mission implementers

Action research · Business · Capacity building · Capacity development · Citizen journalism · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Management · Participatory action research · Participatory development · Political science · Public relations · Rigour · Sanitation · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Engineering · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Religion, Society, and Development

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