Pulling the elements for good PSIA together in a coherent, strategic, and integrative fashion is what makes for good poverty and social impact analysis. A sensible approach to PSIA is going to be country- and context-specific, dependent upon available data and capacity as well as the reform issue in question. The User’s Guide recognizes that the tools and techniques used for PSIA are likely to vary greatly across countries and reforms. However, regardless of the chosen methodology, there are some key components that should be addressed in this kind of analysis. A summary matrix can be a useful tool to aid analysts in capturing and integrating the various elements of PSIA. It can provide a framework for considering and articulating key aspects of PSIA for a given reform and a template for presenting some of the results and assumptions underlying the analysis. The matrix itself can serve as a useful tool during the PSIA process. For instance, an analyst may wish to sketch out the priors in each of the 10 elements of good PSIA before even undertaking an analysis, and then return to the matrix to validate or correct these hypotheses. | Reform: | 1. What reform was chosen (major components), and why?
| 2. What are the institutional mechanisms through which the reform will be carried out?
| | 3. Which stakeholders are likely to be affected by the reforms? Which stakeholders are likely to affect the reform and how? | 4. Through which channels are the stakeholders affected? | 5. What are the expected direction and order of magnitude of impact(s)? What are the underlying assumptions? | Labor market | Prices | Access to goods and services | Assets | Transfers & taxes | | Stakeholders affected (positively and negatively): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Stakeholders with significant influence over the reform: | Possible support or opposition: | | | | | | | | What information basis and techniques were used to answer questions 3, 4 and 5? | | | | 6. What are the main risks that would change the expected impact of the reform? What are their likelihood and expected magnitude? | | Type/nature of risk | Likelihood | Expected magnitude | | Political economy risks: | | | | | | | | Exogenous risks: | | | | | | | | Institutional risks: | | | | | | | | Other country risks: | | | | | | 7. What impact has the analysis had on national policy discussions? | | |
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