This book provides updated information on the use of participatory techniques for undertaking socio-economic needs assessment and empowering local people to enable them determine and self-initiate their own development locally. The Bosom District is the broad social context for the study while the findings are localized with conclusions and recommendations uniquely tailored to the Jachie-Prampso Communities of the Ashanti Region, Ghana.The book is recommended for students, researchers and development organizations working in the areas of poverty, education and health in rural-poor settings.