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experience, access to resources and
information. Failure to recognise power
dynamics can prevent the joint learning
and innovative solutions which one would
expect as outcomes of a good MSP, and the
result will not reflect the interests and
needs of less powerful stakeholders, often
those representing the grassroots. The
authors discuss how local action
researchers are supporting communities to
analyse power in MSPs so that they can
learn how to engage effectively with and
influence processes that involve more
powerful actors. They outline some of the
tools which can be used in this analysis,
using an example from Lamu, Kenya.