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

A Guide to Assessing Needs: Essential Tools for Collecting Information, Making Decisions, and Achieving Development Results
ISBN-10
0821389017
ISBN-13
9780821389010
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
316
Language
English
Published
2012-01-06
Publisher
World Bank Publications
Authors
Ryan Watkins, Maurya West Meiers, Yusra Visser

Description

Making informed decisions is the essential beginning to any successful development project. Before the project even begins, you can use needs assessment approaches to guide your decisions. This book is filled with practical strategies that can help you define the desired results and select the most appropriate activities for achieving them.

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