Strategies for Sustainable Development: Case Studies of Community-Based Population, Health, and Environment Projects

This set of five case studies, published by Population Reference Bureau (PRB), illustrate how and why integrated population-health-environment (PHE) programming has been successful in communities across the Philippines in promoting food security, poverty alleviation, community health, and conservation objectives. Written by the project managers themselves, the case studies provide lessons learned from their experiences and focus on themes such as:

• partnering with local governments;
• engaging communities in participatory research;
• developing advocacy strategies to reach government executives;
• enlisting organisational support for PHE approaches
• promoting PHE interventions in the context of cultural barriers

The case studies are interactive, with discussion questions included; they are meant for use in a classroom or workshop setting. Outside of a workshop setting, development practitioners and others who read the case studies independently may find new inspiration and ideas for their own work.

Trainers and others who would like to use the case studies to facilitate group discussion of the issues addressed in the case studies may wish to download the Teaching Guide, which provides general suggestions for effective facilitation, proposed agendas for workshops of differing lengths, and specific insights on each of the case studies that will help facilitators highlight key learning points.

Click here for access to the case studies, teaching notes, and full teaching guide as PDF downloads from PRB.

To order a complete set of the printed case studies, please contact Roger-Mark De Souza at rdesouza@prb.org