Participatory Development Approach

A humanist approach which places emphasis on community participation, which is done in an effort to incite social and financial development within the community. 

In this, the community aims to develop autonomy and self-reliance in terms of distribution of income and resources amongst members of the community. This is done by groupings within the community spreading information in which they collaborate and spread knowledge amongst themselves as a means of developing the community as a whole.

The objective of this is meant to target poverty and inequal resource distribution within (especially rural communities). This can be challenging, mainly due to the growing issue of poverty which dampens development in societies, in addition to centralised power and exclusivity within certain structures.