Institutional Learning and Change Initiative

The following text is drawn from Guijt and Woodhill (2002).

Stakeholder analysis

Stakeholder analysis in the context of M&E helps you define whom to try to involve when designing the M&E system and in which way, and it allows you to find out whose information needs must be considered. It can also be used to develop an appropriate sample for data collection. This method is useful at different moments during the project:

• It can help you to identify which stakeholders to involve in (re-) designing a project and its M&E system, and to assess their interests and how these relate to the project and to M&E.
• You may want to use it during a specific phase or for a specific project component to analyse stakeholder relations, including cooperation and conflicts and considering external factors affecting stakeholders and their activities. It can assist you in making an appropriate selection of the stakeholders most central to the task/issue at hand.
• It can help provide a foundation and strategy for participation throughout the project, thereby making it easier for stakeholders to learn from each other.
   

Source: Guijt, I. and J. Woodhill (2002). Managing for Impact in Rural Development : A guide for project M & E. Rome, Italy: International Fund for Agricultural Development http://www.ifad.org/evaluation/guide/index.htm