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Main Sources and Further Guidance<br />
Davies, R. and Smith, W. (1998) The Basic Necessities Survey: The experience <strong>of</strong> ActionAid Vietnam.<br />
Action Aid, London http://www.mande.co.uk/docs/BasicNecessitiesSurveyAAV1998.pdf.<br />
Pro Poor Centre. 2006. The 2006 Basic Necessities Survey (BNS) in Can Loc District, Ha Tinh Province,<br />
Vietnam. A report by the Pro Poor Centre and Rick Davies. Available at:<br />
http://www.mande.co.uk/docs/The%202006%20Basic%20Necessities%20Survey%20Final%2<br />
0Report%2020%20July%202007.doc<br />
TRANSLINKS. 2007. Livelihood Surveys. A tool <strong>for</strong> conservation design, action and monitoring.<br />
TRANSLINKS 16 Household Survey Manual. Wildlife Conservation Society and USAID.<br />
http://rmportal.net/library/content/translinks/LivelihoodSurveys_Manual_WCS_<br />
2007.pdf/view<br />
T6.2 ‘Participatory Impact Assessment’ (PIA)<br />
Participatory Impact Assessment (PIA) is an extension <strong>of</strong> PRA methods and includes the adaptation<br />
<strong>of</strong> some well-known participatory tools, especially ranking and scoring methods, to issues <strong>of</strong> <strong>impact</strong><br />
<strong>assessment</strong>, including attribution. It was created by the Feinstein International Center (Catley et al.,<br />
2008), and was designed mainly to evaluate humanitarian emergency and livelihood projects. The<br />
approach is <strong>based</strong> on the recognition that “local people are capable <strong>of</strong> identifying and measuring<br />
their own indicators <strong>of</strong> change” (Catley et al., 2008:9)<br />
While PIA also contains some guidance <strong>for</strong> the ‘WHAT to measure?’ question - participatory<br />
approaches to identify community selected indicators - it is most interesting <strong>for</strong> the participatory<br />
ranking and scoring methods associated with the ‘HOW to measure?’ question. Here we first present<br />
a brief overview <strong>of</strong> the PIA approach, and then describe the specific data collection methods which<br />
could be used <strong>for</strong> measuring indicators.<br />
Description <strong>of</strong> Method<br />
Overview <strong>of</strong> the PIA approach<br />
PIA aims to answer three key questions:<br />
• What changes have there been in the community since the start <strong>of</strong> the project?<br />
• Which <strong>of</strong> these changes are attributable to the project?<br />
• What difference have these changes made to people’s lives?<br />
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