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Action Research, Vol. 6, No. 2, 171-192 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1476750307087051

Research for change

Outcome mapping's contribution to emancipatory action research in Africa

Ineke Buskens

Research for the Future, South Africa, ineke{at}researchforthefuture.com

Sarah Earl

International Development Research Centre, Canada, searl{at}idrc.ca

Although emancipatory action research has been practised for decades and continues to evolve, the method can benefit from the support of fresh approaches. Outcome mapping is an innovative planning, monitoring, and evaluation methodology recently conceived by Canada's International Development Research Centre in partnership with others. This article sets out the ways the two approaches complement one another on the level of theory, and describes how they have worked together in the everyday management of a specific initiative: the Infant Feeding Research Project, which aims to reduce the rate of paediatric HIV/AIDS in southern Africa through enhancing the effectiveness of infant feeding counselling.

Key Words: emancipatory action research • HIV/AIDS infant feeding counselling • outcome mapping • southern Africa • womencentredness


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