Measuring impact - who counts?
Divine beings and mercenaries
1 December 2007
Alliance magazine
Funders are generally agreed that more and better evaluations of funded projects would be a good thing. They would help in assessing the impact of projects and, consequently, in judging whether donors are spending money well or badly. But how do those on the receiving end feel about the reporting requirements set by donors? Alliance asked three organizations that operate programmes with government aid funding how their work is affected by donors’ evaluation systems and requirements for information.
