About one hour should be allowed to conduct a wealth-ranking exercise and to ensure that a full discussion

What is it? This tool is a method for collecting and analyzing data on perceptions of wealth differences and inequalities in a community and for identifying and understanding local indicators and criteria of wealth, well-being, and poverty. What can it be used for? • understanding socioeconomic differences within communities • understanding local perceptions of and criteria for wealth, well-being, and inequality in a community • categorizing households or social groups into different locally perceived economic or more general well-being categories • exploring differences in how different people have access to and use resources • identifying target group members before a project, program, or policy is changed or implemented, or to determine the extent to which targeting has proved successful after the event What does it tell you? • local concepts of wealth, economic, and well-being status • economic and well-being profile of a community • social stratification at the community level • ownership of or use rights to productive assets Complementary tools Social mapping