Glossary

Impact Questions

Definition

10 impact questions proposed by Social Value International:

  1. What problem are we trying to solve?
  2. What is our proposed solution to the problem, what resources are required/do we depend on?
  3. Who experiences changes in their lives as a result of what you do? What
    subgroups are there? Or customer segmentation?
  4. What outcomes are (or likely to be) experienced?
  5. How can we measure the amount of change in the outcomes?
  6. How much change in each outcome has happened (or is likely to happen)?
  7. How do we account for trade-offs between positive and negative and compare options?
  8. How long do we need to measure outcomes for?
  9. How much of the change in each outcome is caused by our activities?
  10. Which outcomes matter to the people who have been affected?

Source

United Nations Development Programme. (2021). SDG Impact Standards Glossary. https://sdgimpact.undp.org/assets/SDG-Impact-Standards-Glossary.pdf

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