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These guidelines have been produced as a companion to the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED) Standard for Results Measurement (hereafter referred to as the DCED Standard) and associated guidance documents. The guidelines are based on extensive interviews with experts and field practitioners, desk research, and two cases studies based on country visits which analysed in depth programmes’ results measurement experiences in conflict-affected environments: The DFID-funded Sustainable Employment and Economic Development (SEED) programme in Somalia and the BMZ-funded Youth Employment programme implemented by GIZ in Sierra Leone. The guidelines have been commissioned by the DCED Working Group on Private Sector Development (PSD) in Conflict-Affected Environments (CAEs). It was produced by MarketShare Associates (MSA) and was written by Ben Fowler and Adam Kessler. Feedback is welcome and should be sent to ben@marketshareassociates.com and adam@kessler.co.uk. For more information on the DCED Standard for Results Measurement, please visit the DCED website at www.enterprise-development.org/page/measuring-and-reporting-results or contact the DCED at Coordinator@Enterprise-Development.org. To view the DCED Knowledge Page on PSD in CAEs, including an online library with more than 450 documents, and guidance by various agencies, please go to www.enterprise-development.org/page/cae. For more information about the activities of the DCED Working Group on PSD in CAEs, please refer to http://www.enterprise-development.org/page/caesg. Front page photo credits (from left to right): morguefile.com; Rebuilding of a road and bridge in Tajikistan, by Stefan Erber, GIZ; Vocational training of former child soldiers who benefitted from ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) in DRC, © International Labour Organization/ Marcel Crozet; UN cars and cattle dealer in Afghanistan, by Jochem Theis, GIZ; Survey for ILO’s JobNet Project in Sri Lanka, © International Labour Organization/ Marcel Crozet.
Measuring Achievements of Private Sector Development in Conflict-Affected Environments Table of Contents I. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 3 II. How to Use these Guidelines ............................................................................................................ 3 III. If You Are New to the DCED Standard .................................................................................................. 4 IV. Key Principles to Implementing the DCED Standard in CAEs ................................................................ 5 1 Articulating Results Chains .................................................................................................................... 6 1.1 Incorporating conflict into results chains (Control Point 1.1-1.2) ................................................ 7 1.2 Managing the results chain (Control Points 1.3 – 1.4) ................................................................ 18 1.3 Key resources .............................................................................................................................. 19 2 Defining Indicators of Change ............................................................................................................. 20 2.1 Defining indicators for results chains (Control Point 2.1) ........................................................... 21 2.2 Measuring the universal impact indicators (Control Point 2.2) .................................................. 25 2.3 Assessing likelihood of sustainable impact (Control Point 2.3) .................................................. 26 2.4 Managing indicators (Control Point 2.4) ..................................................................................... 26 2.5 Projections (Control Points 2.5) .................................................................................................. 26 2.6 Key Resources ............................................................................................................................. 27 3 Measuring Changes in Indicators ........................................................................................................ 27 3.1 Collecting baseline information (Control Point 3.1) ................................................................... 28 3.2 Good research practices (Control Point 3.2) ............................................................................... 29 3.3 Qualitative information (Control Point 3.3) ................................................................................ 32 3.4 Key resources .............................................................................................................................. 33 4 Estimating Attributable Changes ........................................................................................................ 33 4.1 A clear and appropriate system for attribution is in place (Control Point 4.1) .......................... 34 4.2 Key resources .............................................................................................................................. 36 5 Capturing Wider Changes in the System or Market (Control Points 5.1) ........................................... 36 6 Tracking Programme Costs (Control Points 6.1 – 6.2) ........................................................................ 37 7 Reporting Results (Control Points 7.1 – 7.5) ....................................................................................... 37 8 Managing the System for Results Measurement ................................................................................ 38 8.1 Establishing a clear system for results measurement (Control Points 8.1) ................................ 38 Practical Guidelines for Implementing the DCED Standard. Version 2, July 2013 1
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