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50 Annex A. Description of toolsBox A1. Guidelines for the Rapid Diagnosis “Step 1a”Stakeholder analysis is not only useful at the beginning of the project but alsolater on. Your knowledge of the irrigation scheme’s stakeholders will improve afteryou have started the Rapid Diagnosis. Therefore, you may have to update yourstakeholder matrix several times.Literature review (1)WhyCompare the actual current situation with:• the intended (projected) situation according to the design of theirrigation scheme;• household welfare before construction of the irrigation scheme(impact).Provide basic information on the current socio-economic or land tenuresituation.How to1. Discuss with other team members what questions you want to answerand the type of information you need for this.2. List possible sources of information.3. Collect only the literature that you think is most needed and is easy tocollect. If you collect a lot of literature, do not try to read everythingbut focus on the most important.4. Try to check the reliability of collected literature by asking yourselfquestions, such as what methods did the authors use to collect data?How many people were interviewed? Also compare documents to seeif there are contradictions.5. Analyse the literature by trying to write down the answers to thequestions that you formulated at the beginning. Did you manage tocollect all the information you needed or are there still gaps? Is itimportant to fill these gaps? If yes, select another method to collect thenecessary information.6. Store the collected information in your office. Or, if you cannot geta copy yourself, make a note of the title, author, date of publicationand publisher. Also write down the location and person from whomyou received the document so that you can easily find it again whenneeded (Box A2).