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

Watkins, Ryan; West Meiers, Maurya; Visser, Yusra Laila

dc.creator	Watkins, Ryan
dc.creator	West Meiers, Maurya
dc.creator	Visser, Yusra Laila
dc.date	2012-03-19T08:44:08Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T08:44:08Z
dc.date	2012-01-06
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:33:10Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:33:10Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333038_20120112235235
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-8868-6
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2231
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242609
dc.description	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.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL LABORATORIES
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
dc.subject	AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	ANALYTICAL LABORATORIES
dc.subject	ANIMAL DISEASES
dc.subject	ANIMAL HEALTH
dc.subject	ANIMAL PRODUCTS
dc.subject	AQUACULTURE
dc.subject	BANK LENDING
dc.subject	BOMBS
dc.subject	CAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subject	CASH MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	CHEMISTRY
dc.subject	CIVIL SERVICE STATUS
dc.subject	CONFLICT OF INTEREST
dc.subject	CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
dc.subject	CONTINGENCY PLANNING
dc.subject	COST EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subject	CROPS
dc.subject	CROSS CONTAMINATION
dc.subject	DAIRY
dc.subject	DAIRY PRODUCTS
dc.subject	DECISION MAKING
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRY
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
dc.subject	DOMESTIC MARKET
dc.subject	DOMESTIC MARKETS
dc.subject	DRIED FRUIT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC RISKS
dc.subject	EGG
dc.subject	EMERGENCY PLANS
dc.subject	EMERGENCY RESPONSE
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
dc.subject	EPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subject	EQUIPMENT
dc.subject	EQUIPMENTS
dc.subject	EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	EXPORT GROWTH
dc.subject	EXPORT PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	EXPORTER
dc.subject	EXPORTERS
dc.subject	EXTENSION
dc.subject	EXTENSION SERVICES
dc.subject	FARMERS
dc.subject	FARMS
dc.subject	FEE INCOME
dc.subject	FEED
dc.subject	FINANCES
dc.subject	FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subject	FISCAL AUTONOMY
dc.subject	FISH
dc.subject	FISH PROCESSING
dc.subject	FISHERIES
dc.subject	FIXED ASSETS
dc.subject	FOOD CONTROL
dc.subject	FOOD HANDLING
dc.subject	FOOD INDUSTRIES
dc.subject	FOOD INDUSTRY
dc.subject	FOOD PROCESSING
dc.subject	FOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subject	FOOD PRODUCTS
dc.subject	FOOD REGULATIONS
dc.subject	FOOD SAFETY
dc.subject	FOOD TESTING
dc.subject	FOREIGN MARKET
dc.subject	FOREIGN MARKETS
dc.subject	FRUIT PRODUCTS
dc.subject	FUNDING MECHANISMS
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT FUNDING
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT POLICIES
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
dc.subject	GRAPES
dc.subject	GROUNDNUTS
dc.subject	HAZARD
dc.subject	HAZARDS
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HEALTH MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	HEALTH REGULATIONS
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	HONEY
dc.subject	HOUSING
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	HUMAN RESOURCES
dc.subject	HYGIENE
dc.subject	INCOMES
dc.subject	INFECTIOUS DISEASES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject	INVESTING
dc.subject	INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES
dc.subject	INVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subject	INVESTMENT DECISIONS
dc.subject	INVESTMENT PROJECTS
dc.subject	ISOLATION
dc.subject	ISSUANCE
dc.subject	LAB
dc.subject	LABORATORIES
dc.subject	LABORATORY
dc.subject	LABORATORY INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	LABS
dc.subject	LAMB
dc.subject	LAWS
dc.subject	LEGAL SYSTEM
dc.subject	LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
dc.subject	LIVESTOCK
dc.subject	LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
dc.subject	LOAN
dc.subject	MARKET ACCESS
dc.subject	MARKET COUNTRY
dc.subject	MARKETING
dc.subject	MEAT
dc.subject	MINISTRIES OF AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	NATIONAL LABORATORY
dc.subject	NEEDS ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	NUTS
dc.subject	OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
dc.subject	PARASITES
dc.subject	PATHOGENS
dc.subject	PESTICIDE
dc.subject	PESTICIDES
dc.subject	PESTS
dc.subject	PLANT PRODUCTS
dc.subject	POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	POOR REPUTATION
dc.subject	POULTRY PRODUCTS
dc.subject	PRIVATE INVESTMENT
dc.subject	PRIVATE INVESTMENTS
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject	PROFIT MARGIN
dc.subject	PROTEINS
dc.subject	PUBLIC BUDGET
dc.subject	PUBLIC BUDGETING
dc.subject	PUBLIC FUNDS
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject	PUBLIC INVESTMENT
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject	QUALITY CONTROL
dc.subject	REGULATION OF FOOD
dc.subject	REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS
dc.subject	REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	REGULATORY SYSTEM
dc.subject	RESERVE
dc.subject	RESERVES
dc.subject	RETURN
dc.subject	RETURNS
dc.subject	RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	RURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SEAFOOD
dc.subject	SOILS
dc.subject	SPINACH
dc.subject	TRADING
dc.subject	TRANSITION COUNTRIES
dc.subject	TRANSITION ECONOMIES
dc.subject	TRANSPARENCY
dc.subject	TRUSTEES
dc.subject	TURNOVER
dc.subject	UNIVERSITIES
dc.subject	VETERINARY SERVICES
dc.subject	WASTE
dc.subject	WASTE DISPOSAL
dc.subject	WORLD TRADE
dc.title	A Guide to Assessing Needs : Essential Tools for Collecting Information, Making Decisions, and Achieving Development Results
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication