iDE's focus on markets is both effective and efficient

Our commitment to you

We strive to ensure every dollar invested by donors is translated into at least $10 in added income or savings for our clients. Under this commitment, we report how cost effective we are over a three-year rolling average. This average captures the bigger picture. In the first year of any new program, costs can be substantially higher because of the need to invest in design, marketing, and training. In the future, we’d like to capture the longer term impact of our work, both on local communities and across our entire global organization: the result of establishing sustainable markets that remain active and vibrant long after we leave.

Our global impact to date—

8,841,542

Households Impacted

44,370,223

Individuals Impacted

233.00

Annual Income Increased in Dollars

16.80

Social Return On Investment (SROI)

Measuring Impact

Our approach to rigorous and ethical measurement

To measure our progress on delivering programs, iDE uses an integrated monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL) approach that seeks to meet our clients’ needs, while also offering added value for donors and stakeholders. With an emphasis on rigorous and ethical data collection and measurement, we are committed to multi-stakeholder approaches in our MERL work and to converting our quantitative and qualitative evidence into actionable learnings. We generate monitoring and impact data to guide program decisions, aiming to leverage the best systems and tools to deliver the right information to the right people at the right time.