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  2. Impact assessment - Wikipedia

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    If the assessment is favourable, and the proposed policy is enacted—after a suitable length of time for the policy to gain traction—it might be followed by an impact evaluation; ideally, assessed impacts before the fact and evaluated impacts after the fact are not wildly divergent. In some cases, impact becomes politicized due to a change ...

  3. Impact evaluation - Wikipedia

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    The International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) defines rigorous impact evaluations as: "analyses that measure the net change in outcomes for a particular group of people that can be attributed to a specific program using the best methodology available, feasible and appropriate to the evaluation question that is being investigated and ...

  4. Economic impact analysis - Wikipedia

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    An economic impact analysis is commonly conducted when there is public concern about the potential impacts of a proposed project or policy. [1] [2] An economic impact analysis typically measures or estimates the change in economic activity between two scenarios, one assuming the economic event occurs, and one assuming it does not occur (which ...

  5. Policy monitoring - Wikipedia

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    Policy monitoring can be performed through different issue-driven lenses, such as gender sensitivity or gender equality. Gender-sensitive policy monitoring analyzes any gender aspects of a policy or policy issue, and considers the impact of the policy on both men and women, as well as its impact on gender relations.

  6. Sustainability metrics and indices - Wikipedia

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    Intead, different disciplines and international organizations have offered measures or indicators of how to measure the concept. While sustainability indicators, indices and reporting systems gained growing popularity in both the public and private sectors, their effectiveness in influencing actual policy and practices often remains limited.

  7. Sustainability measurement - Wikipedia

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    Assessment and Measurement- Proper assessing tools are used and tests or experiments are performed for the pre-defined indicators to give a value for the indicators measurement. Analysis and reviewing the results - Once the results have been obtained, proper analysis and interpretation is done and tools are used to improve and revise the ...

  8. Retention Ratio: What It Is and What It Tells Investors - AOL

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    The retention ratio measures the percentage of a company’s earnings that are reinvested rather than distributed as dividends. Investors use the retention ratio to assess how much profit a ...

  9. Policy analysis - Wikipedia

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    Public policy is determined by a range of political institutions, which give policy legitimacy to policy measures. In general, the government applies policy to all citizens and monopolizes the use of force in applying or implementing policy (through government control of law enforcement , court systems, imprisonment and armed forces ).