One of the participants has been busy taking notes. He has developed a checklist of questions that any group needs to deal with at the beginning of a priority-setting exercise. There are FIVE steps.

  • First, we have to say what we are trying to achieve. In the example that Dr. Carama has just given us, the goal was "increased agricultural production".
  • Second, we have to say who our target groups are.
  • Third, we have to analyze the state of the information that we currently have available.
  • Fourth, we have to look at costs.
  • And fifth, we have to think about our chances of success.