Participatory poverty assessments are showing the world bank and other outside observers of poverty that are not the only poverty experts poor people have a long overlooked capacity to contribute to the analysis of poverty and without their insights to know only part of the reality of poverty its causes and the survival strategies of the poor the objective of a comprehensive poverty . Participatory poverty assessments are showing the world bank and other outside observers of poverty that are not the only poverty experts poor people have a long overlooked capacity to contribute to the analysis of poverty and without their insights to know only part of the reality of poverty its causes and the survival strategies of the poor the objective of a comprehensive poverty . Can the poor influence policy participatory poverty assessments in the developing world author editor caroline m kende robb publication date january 15 2002 summary the second edition of this book outline show to include the poor using the participatory poverty assessment ppa method this method was developed by the world bank in partnerships with ngos governments and academic . Can the poor influence policy participatory poverty assessments in the developing world can the poor influence policy participatory poverty assessments in the developing world toggle navigation who we are leadership organization and history with 189 member countries staff from more than 170 countries and offices in over 130 locations the world bank group is a unique global . The importance of including the poor coincides with a commonly held belief today that widespread poverty in the midst of global prosperity is both unsustainable and morally unacceptable now more than ever before the focus needs to be on how policy affects the poor and if the poor themselves can influence policy updated from the 1999 edition this book reflects the shift in dialogue from