Basic Impact Assessment At Project Level Page 13

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5.
IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN PRACTICE
Good practice impact assessments will be based on the principles identified in section 3.
They must also seek to achieve a ‘fit’ with the objectives that are set, the intervention type
and its goals, and the resources and time available (Figure 5). Inevitably, this entails
compromises and trade-offs (e.g. if results are required rapidly then levels of rigour may
need to be reduced).
Figure 5
Achieving ‘Fit’
The objectives of
Type and scale
the IA
of ED
intervention
Impact
Assessment
Activity
Resources
Targets for the
available
intervention
for the IA
Time
scale
5.1
Objectives of the IA: the objective(s) of the IA will shape the foci and methods of
the study. An IA may focus on accountability, improving programme/project performance,
policy development or a combination of these three objectives (Section 2). The greater the
‘mix’ of objectives set, and the higher the levels of rigour to be achieved then the greater
will be the need for resources and time.
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