Suggests that a narrative perspective can provide a fruitful way to learn from rural development experiences and improve the organizational capacity of development projects. Also suggests a number of conceptual windows for the analysis of narratives in projects. (Author)

Discussion of the use of video in rural development projects highlights animation at the village level, training, and monitoring and evaluation of project management as examples of successful video integration. A pilot project to test the use of video as an integrated support to management is then described. (26 references) (LRW)