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Input – Activities- Output –<br />

Outcome(?)<br />

• Activities: These are the actual tasks required for producing<br />

the desired outputs. They represent actions taken or work<br />

performed which require inputs and other types <strong>of</strong> resources<br />

<strong>to</strong> be mobilized <strong>to</strong> produce specific outputs.<br />

The right inputs, put <strong>to</strong>gether in the right activities, should produce an<br />

output. It is usually fairly predictable because it is usually about things.<br />

But outputs do not necessarily produce the outcomes you want. That link<br />

is less predictable because it is about people.<br />

Outputs + people (+institutions) = outcomes<br />

Constructing a borehole is not enough. It needs people <strong>to</strong> use it and<br />

systems <strong>to</strong> maintain it.<br />

The Results Chain<br />

Medium Term<br />

Sec<strong>to</strong>r Strategy<br />

Inputs Activities Outputs Outcomes Impacts<br />

Ongoing Ongoing Short-Term Medium-Term Long-Term<br />

Medium-Term<br />

Objectives<br />

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Long Term<br />

Strategic Plan<br />

Longer-Term<br />

Goals<br />

We now add “Impacts” <strong>to</strong> look at the longer term changes that result<br />

from our outcomes;<br />

And “Activities” are the bit in the middle that turn Inputs <strong>to</strong> Outputs.<br />

That gives us a basic “Results Chain”.

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