A Market Analysis and Decision Tree Tool for Response Analysis: Cash, Local Purchase and/or Imported Food Aid? The Decision Tree Tool
24 Pages Posted: 26 Jun 2008
Date Written: May 2007
Abstract
This document provides the Decision Tree Tool itself for the analysis of response options - cash, local purchase or imported food aid. The framework is kept simple for ease of communication: a sequence of specific questions to be answered, each matched with data needs and diagnostic tools commonly useful for effectively answering the question at hand. Maxwell, Lentz and Barrett (2007) explain the rationale for the Tool and its constituent questions. Users will want to consult that document for essential background information and for supplemental considerations that fall outside the scope of this tool. The extensive appendices to this document enumerate common secondary data sources (Appendix 1), primary data collection methods (Appendix 2), and offer more detail (and appropriate technical references) on the specifics of individual diagnostic tools (Appendix 3). Users will want to consult the appendices in detail before trying to implement the tool.
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