ABSTRACT
Stakeholders may not only need objectives for the actions they take; it may be necessary to ensure that they have the knowledge and capability to act. Evaluators have to understand the roles and responsibilities of all the key stakeholders in the projects and programmes they are tracking. Stakeholder identity and function should be a key aspect of the planning of any project or programme. And it is always part of the Theory of Change process. Identification and analysis is the first of eight components of stakeholder engagement identified by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), namely Stakeholder Identification and Analysis, Information Disclosure, Stakeholder Consultation, Negotiation and Partnerships, Grievance Management, Stakeholder Involvement in Project Monitoring, Reporting to Stakeholders, Management Functions. Once the list of stakeholders has been generated and their broad roles and influence have been established, it then makes sense to analyse their specific areas of power and influence more closely.
