What are impact activities versus impact indicatorsSolutionS

What are impact activities versus impact indicators?

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Solution: - Impact activities and impact indicators are interrelated to each other. The impact activity is the cause of the impact indicator. In other wards impact indicator display the outcome of the activity. Both are associated with the data, information and knowledge.

Indicators are conceptually connected data. They are answer to question arising from logic of the program model.

A program logic model links outcomes with program activities and the theoretical principles of the program”

Impact indicators represent the consequences of the program beyond its direct and immediate interaction with addressees or recipients; they represent the policy goals of a program and relate to the general objectives and indirect effects.

For an example when any button is pressed in ATM machine for any transaction it is indicated at the ATM panel. Pressing of different buttons is known as the impact activities and all indications in the ATM are called impact indicators.