A Guide to Assessing Needs : Essential Tools for Collecting Information, Making Decisions, and Achieving Development Results

This book will benefit people and teams involved in planning and decision making. On the basis of their pragmatic value in guiding decisions, needs assessments are used in various professions and settings from emergency rooms to corporate boardrooms to guide decision making. Nonetheless, although needs assessments have many different applications, in this book on needs assessments as they are applied in organizations to accomplish results, as opposed to their use in personal decisions or medical triage. This book, in turn, is guide to assessing needs and then making essential decisions about what to do next. This book filled with practical strategies, tools, and guides covers both large-scale, formal needs assessments and less-formal assessments that guide daily decisions. Included in the book is a blend of rigorous methods and realistic tools that can help make informed and reasoned decisions. Together, these methods and tools offer a comprehensive, yet realistic, approach to identifying needs and selecting among alternative ways as go forward. Sections one and two offer quick, yet full, answers to many frequently asked questions regarding how to make justifiable decisions. Next, section three examines a variety of tools and techniques that can be used for both collecting information and making decisions. Appendix A then offers a number of checklists and guides for managing the systematic assessment processes that lead to quality decisions. Finally, the reference list at the end of the book is a valuable resource to research, tools, and discussions of needs assessment.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Visser, Yusra Laila, Watkins, Ryan, West Meiers, Maurya
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012-01-06
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL LABORATORIES, AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURE, ANALYTICAL LABORATORIES, ANIMAL DISEASES, ANIMAL HEALTH, ANIMAL PRODUCTS, AQUACULTURE, BANK LENDING, BOMBS, CAPACITY BUILDING, CASH MANAGEMENT, CHEMISTRY, CIVIL SERVICE STATUS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, CONTINGENCY PLANNING, COST EFFECTIVENESS, CROPS, CROSS CONTAMINATION, DAIRY, DAIRY PRODUCTS, DECISION MAKING, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRY, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, DOMESTIC MARKET, DOMESTIC MARKETS, DRIED FRUIT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC RISKS, EGG, EMERGENCY PLANS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, EPIDEMIOLOGY, EQUIPMENT, EQUIPMENTS, EXPENDITURES, EXPORT GROWTH, EXPORT PERFORMANCE, EXPORTER, EXPORTERS, EXTENSION, EXTENSION SERVICES, FARMERS, FARMS, FEE INCOME, FEED, FINANCES, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY, FISCAL AUTONOMY, FISH, FISH PROCESSING, FISHERIES, FIXED ASSETS, FOOD CONTROL, FOOD HANDLING, FOOD INDUSTRIES, FOOD INDUSTRY, FOOD PROCESSING, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOOD PRODUCTS, FOOD REGULATIONS, FOOD SAFETY, FOOD TESTING, FOREIGN MARKET, FOREIGN MARKETS, FRUIT PRODUCTS, FUNDING MECHANISMS, GOVERNMENT FUNDING, GOVERNMENT POLICIES, GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS, GOVERNMENT SUPPORT, GRAPES, GROUNDNUTS, HAZARD, HAZARDS, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH MANAGEMENT, HEALTH REGULATIONS, HEALTH SERVICES, HONEY, HOUSING, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, HYGIENE, INCOMES, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INTERNATIONAL STANDARD, INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVESTING, INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, INVESTMENT DECISIONS, INVESTMENT PROJECTS, ISOLATION, ISSUANCE, LAB, LABORATORIES, LABORATORY, LABORATORY INFRASTRUCTURE, LABS, LAMB, LAWS, LEGAL SYSTEM, LEVEL PLAYING FIELD, LIVESTOCK, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS, LOAN, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET COUNTRY, MARKETING, MEAT, MINISTRIES OF AGRICULTURE, NATIONAL LABORATORY, NEEDS ASSESSMENT, NUTS, OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE, PARASITES, PATHOGENS, PESTICIDE, PESTICIDES, PESTS, PLANT PRODUCTS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POOR REPUTATION, POULTRY PRODUCTS, PRIVATE INVESTMENT, PRIVATE INVESTMENTS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROFIT MARGIN, PROTEINS, PUBLIC BUDGET, PUBLIC BUDGETING, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC SERVICES, QUALITY CONTROL, REGULATION OF FOOD, REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REGULATORY SYSTEM, RESERVE, RESERVES, RETURN, RETURNS, RISK MANAGEMENT, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SEAFOOD, SOILS, SPINACH, TRADING, TRANSITION COUNTRIES, TRANSITION ECONOMIES, TRANSPARENCY, TRUSTEES, TURNOVER, UNIVERSITIES, VETERINARY SERVICES, WASTE, WASTE DISPOSAL, WORLD TRADE,
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