Using participatory elicitation to identify population needs and power structures in conflict environments

Author

Latek, Maciej M. ; Rizi, Seyed M. Mussavi ; Geller, Armando

Author_Institution

George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

9-12 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

13

Abstract

A methodological approach is reported to produce a context analysis in South Afghanistan under the banner of Do No Harm (DNH). The difficult work environment for locals, development workers and researchers alike is briefly described; and the problem that is supposed to be solved is derived from it, namely how to elicit the needs and requirements of the population. Step by step the reader is guided through the approach proposed and a selection of results is presented that (arguably) demonstrate the usefulness of our ideas for optimal (DNH) project portfolio design.

Keywords

investment; public administration; Do No Harm; South Afghanistan; conflict environments; context analysis; development workers; local communities; optimal DNH project portfolio design; participatory elicitation; population needs identification; population requirements; power structure identification; researchers; Communities; Computational modeling; Context; Games; Resource management; Sociology; Statistics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference (WSC), Proceedings of the 2012 Winter

Conference_Location

Berlin

ISSN

0891-7736

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4779-2

Electronic_ISBN

0891-7736

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.2012.6465248

Filename

6465248