Stakeholder Analysis

Description:

Stakeholder Analysis (SA) is a methodology to identify those affected and involved in the decision regarding policies, plans, or programmes (PPP).  It incorporates economics, political science, game and decision theory, and environmental sciences and applies a variety of tools on both qualitative and quantitative data to understand stakeholders, their positions, influence with other groups, and their interest.  It provides an idea of the impact of the PPP on political and social forces, illuminates the divergent viewpoints towards proposed PPPs and the potential power struggles among groups and individuals, and helps identify potential strategies for negotiating with opposing stakeholders.

Source: DAC Guidelines and Reference Series Applying Strategic Environmental Assessment (OECD, 2006)

References:

 World Bank Labor Toolkit (Labor Issues in Infrastructure Reform) Module 6: Engaging with Stakeholders, worksheets for conducting stakeholder analysis.  These worksheets are drawn from Participation and Social Assessment: Tools and Techniques (by J. Rietbergen-McCracken and D. Narayan, World Bank, 1998).

 World Bank Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) Sourcebook: Tools for Institutional, Political & Social Analysis (TIPS) Volume II Stakeholder Analysis Matrices.   
 
 World Bank Public Sector Governance Stakeholder Analysis website.   

 See also Resources for Public Participation & Participatory Tools.