Abstract
Video has been used as a critical tool in participatory research in water, sanitation, agriculture and micro‐finance projects in Egypt and Pakistan. Rural communities inhibited by perceptions of inferiority, lack of access to literacy, infrastructure and public services, have had difficulty in reacting to “messages” or innovations purveyed by development agencies. This article evaluates the impacts and successes of video in development communications: confidence‐building among rural women, involvement of communities in planning new infrastructure, re‐design of projects to suit rural environments and investment by rural households in technical innovations without recourse to aid.
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