BasicNeeds’ Annual Impact Reports provide a detailed analysis of BasicNeeds impact worldwide. Developing this report is a team effort and involves many stages of work. A first level of analysis of change and impact for any year is done by Country Programme Managers using a common set of indicators developed by the Policy and Practice Directorate. This analysis is presented in country level impact reports.  Multi-layered Data Base Management System (DBMS) stores information about every user of BasicNeeds’ programmes and this is consolidated every three months in a pre-formatted Statistical Tracking Sheet (STS). The country impact reports and the statistical information are important sources of information for this document. Additionally annual research reports, evaluation reports and life stories are referred to. All of this information is then consolidated, reviewed and further analysed by the Policy and Practice Directorate team to produce BasicNeeds’ Annual Impact Reports.