Inputs, Activities, and Outputs, oh my!
This includes the resources needed to operate a program
What are inputs
This process seeks to answer “what happened?” instead of “why did it happen?”
What is monitoring
This statement is a comprehensive description and illustration of how and why a desired change is expected to happen
What is a Theory of Change
These include things like trainings and voter education materials.
What are outputs
This process can challenge a program’s design and logic.
What is evaluation
This links the elements of the results together, eg. the objective to the intermediate results.
What is a causal chain
This includes change at the societal or system level we tell USAID we’re totally able to influence.
What is impact
A MEL system will include this component to reflect on past programming and inform future programming
What is learning
This mistake in program logic occurs when subsets of an objective are used for intermediate results
What is using categorical or definitional logic