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This is Ekanath Khatiwada again (previous messages 2 and 60).



I liked the discussion about the attribution vs contribution.



It is evident that most of the projects/programmes prefer to generate information about what is changing during the life of the particular project/programme. Some time is not reflected much about the extent to which those changes were caused by the programmes or the projects. In some cases they would have happened anyway without the project/programme interventions? This is the question of attribution; to what extent were observed improvements actually caused by the particular project? 



Without going on much about the "attribution and contribution" in detail here , I would like to share a definition from the DCED results measurements framework (DCED, 2013), which outlines the definition below; I hope we can take some tips from this guideline as well.



" ‘Attribution’ describes a direct causal link between activities and the outcomes, based on an estimation of the counterfactual situation. By contrast, ‘contribution analysis’ describes the intervention as one of many contributory causes to the outcome, based on a results chain or theory of change”.



Ekanath Khatiwada

Consultant -Market development

C/O: SNV, Zambia P.O Box 31771, 

7 Nkanchibaya Road

Lusaka 

Zambia 

Tel: +260 976800418 (Mobile)

e-mail: ekanath2003 (at) gmail.com



Reference:

- DCED. 2013. Guidelines to the DCED Standard for Results Measurement: Estimating attributable changes. 8 pages. www.enterprise-development.org/download.ashx?id=2012 



[The Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED) has 24 members – bi- and multilateral donors and agencies as well as private foundations – who share the vision of making private sector development (PSD) more effective. The DCED Standard for Results Measurement specifies eight elements of a successful results measurement system, and the guidelines referenced above by Ekanath cover the fourth element (i.e. estimating attributable changes). The eight elements of the Standard are 1) Articulating the results chain; 2) Defining indicators of change; 3) Measuring changes in indicators; 4) Estimating attributable changes; 5) Capturing wider change in the system or market; 6) Tracking programme costs; 7) Reporting results; 8) Managing the system for results measurement. See http://www.enterprise-development.org/page/implementing-standard for more information...Moderator]. 



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