What the assessment covers
OECD DAC
Relevance
Whether the project addressed a need the community actually holds.
OECD DAC
Coherence
Fit with government schemes and other programmes in the same geography.
OECD DAC
Effectiveness
Whether stated objectives were met, measured against the baseline.
OECD DAC
Efficiency
Output achieved for the resources and time committed.
OECD DAC
Impact
Changes attributable to the intervention, including unintended ones.
OECD DAC
Sustainability
Whether benefits will hold once company funding ends.
Method
Document review
Sanction notes, budgets, utilisation certificates and implementing-partner reports.
Sampling design
Statistically defensible sample of beneficiary and comparison households.
Field survey
Structured interviews administered by enumerators trained by panel members.
Qualitative work
Focus groups and key-informant interviews with panchayat and line-department staff.
Triangulation
Survey findings tested against administrative data and qualitative evidence.
What you receive
Independent impact assessment report, signed by the lead panel member
Executive summary drafted for the board and the CSR committee
Annexure text formatted for the annual report on CSR
Full method note, sample frame and instruments
Anonymised dataset and field photographs