Table 2: Matching Supply with Demand: Focus on Variations, Duplication and Gaps Focus of Analysis Private Sector Development Regional Economic National Donors African Union/ Organisations Commissions NEPAD/CAADP 1. Variations Methodology Target beneficiaries Focus on the private Methodologies Different levels and Company vs. country sources variations on the sector but from measuring different focus – – processing end-users targeted by very different things Interpretation the indices perspective Regulatory or Sector Focus on field and Stakeholders Potential Low vs. high country or Company vegetable crops complementarities coverage between EBA (regulations) and TASAI (marketing metrics) and possibly ABD (some aspects of informal sector How to use? Differences in Coverage Strong vs. weak Productivity coverage of market governance structure Pressure enablers (related to ownership Monitoring impact over indexes) 2. Duplications requests to provide Same sources of data Duplication of some WB NADB both EBA and TASAI – information made for some indicators indices e.g. advising both focusing on – too often Varietal release; governments policy environment Policy and regulatory environment; Quantity, volume and yield data TASAI/EBA both Multi-stakeholder All addressing ATSI and TASAI – focus on regulation consultation formal sector both focusing on and collecting data from private companies
Table 2: Matching Supply with Demand: Focus on Variations, Duplication and Gaps Focus of Analysis Private Sector Development Organisations Regional Economic Commissions National Donors African Union/ NEPAD/CAADP 1. Variations Methodology sources processing Interpretation Target beneficiaries – variations on the end-users targeted by the indices Focus on the private sector – but from very different perspective Methodologies Different levels and measuring different things Company vs. country focus Regulatory or Sector or Company Focus on field and vegetable crops Stakeholders Potential complementarities between EBA (regulations) and TASAI (marketing metrics) and possibly ABD (some aspects of informal sector Low vs. high country coverage How to use? Productivity Pressure Monitoring impact Differences in coverage of market enablers Coverage Strong vs. weak governance structure (related to ownership over indexes) 2. Duplications requests to provide information made too often Same sources of data for some indicators Duplication of some indices – e.g. Varietal release; Policy and regulatory environment; Quantity, volume and yield data WB – NADB both advising governments EBA and TASAI both focusing on policy environment TASAI/EBA – both focus on regulation Multi-stakeholder consultation All addressing formal sector ATSI and TASAI both focusing on and collecting data from private companies