Common Terms In Monitoring and Evaluation (INPUTS, ACTIVITIES, OUTPUTS, OUTCOMES, AND IMPACTS)

Common Terms In Monitoring and Evaluation

INPUTS
The financial, human, and material resources used for the development intervention.
Examples:
**Technical Expertise
**Equipment
**Funds

ACTIVITIES
Actions taken or work performed.
Examples:
** Training workshops conducted

OUTPUTS
The products, capital goods, and services that result from a development intervention.
Examples:
**Number of people trained
**Number of workshops conducted

OUTCOMES
The likely or achieved short-term and medium-term effects or changes of an interventions outputs.
Examples:
**Increased skills
**New employment opportunities

IMPACTS
The long-term consequences of the program, may be positive and negative effects.
Examples:
**Improved standard of living

Source: Tips by Yumi Sera and Susan Beaudry, 2007 (World Bank)

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