AVPN - Impact Measurement Course - 2020

Description of Project:

The one-day course, delivered in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city, was designed for private sector impact investors, corporate sustainability decision-makers and grant-makers looking to understand their impact goals and how to define and measure impact metrics. The course enabled participants to (i) know how to best define, measure and manage ‘doing good’; (ii) learn to identify, justify and measure the most appropriate social and economic impact measures for social impact projects and organizations; and (iii) understand that a robust set of impact metrics derives from a sound Impact Statement and Theory of Change, as well as from meaningful direct and proxy indicators.

Adam McCarty, Chief Economist of Mekong Economics, led the following responsibilities: 

  • Design of course, including case studies and group assignments;

  • Organizing some group activities (i.e. Drafting Impact Statements and Indicators) to exploring theories of change; 

  • Sharing and hearing inspirational examples of analysing impact; 

  • Introducing IRIS+, the Impact Measurement Project and SoPact; 

  • Guiding on measuring social and economic impact in approaches such as gender-lens investing.

Mekong Economics