Subject(s): Rural Development Project -- Participation -- Developing countries Rural regions Development -- Participatory rural administration -- Sectoral project approaches to participation -- agricultural development -- Agricultural extension, credit and input programmes -- Resource conservation, forestry development, health development, CIH -- Community, support mechanism, education and training : CIH -- Irrigation and water supply -- Case studies in the practice of participation -- People's participation project: Ghana -- People's participation in Water supply projects, Soil conservation, forestry -- PIDER: People's participation in Mexico -- Women's participation -- Community involvement in health development -- People's participation: strategy and importance, key elements -- Emerging methodologies of participation :workshops, seminars and camps, etc... -- Evaluating participation : Quantitative and qualitative indicators, Monitoring indicators of practice, collecting information and data