Participatory impact assessment. A guide for practitioners

Participatory impact assessments (PIA) often present a normative framework based on indicators related to international standards. This report aims to help practitioners carry out participatory impact assessments of projects for which there is no internationally recognised indicator, such as food security or livelihoods. One of the objectives of the guide is to show how PIA can be used to overcome the weaknesses of conventional humanitarian project assessment and monitoring. It also provides a means for practitioners to overcome the problems of poor or lacking reference data. An eight-stage approach for designing a participatory impact assessment is given.

 Tufts University - May 2009