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Enhancing Impact Materiality: Lessons from Evidenced-Based Policy Making

In: Social Impact Measurement for a Sustainable Future

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  • Alex Nicholls

    (University of Oxford)

  • Edward Yee

    (University of Oxford)

Abstract

This chapter proposes that despite important advances in impact measurement and management practices over recent years, there remains a lack of attention to impact materiality in terms of the validity of data. It suggests that the various levels of impact materiality data risk in impact measurement are under-conceptualized. Poorly specified impact measurement methods ignore the impact materiality role of end-user voice which is both a data risk and may perpetuate structural inequalities through choices over who decides what is measured, how and for what reason. This can have serious consequences for organisational accountability [Relevant SDGs: SDG8: Decent Work and Economic Growth; SDG17: Partnerships for the Goals].

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  • Alex Nicholls & Edward Yee, 2022. "Enhancing Impact Materiality: Lessons from Evidenced-Based Policy Making," Springer Books, in: Richard Hazenberg & Claire Paterson-Young (ed.), Social Impact Measurement for a Sustainable Future, edition 1, chapter 13, pages 249-277, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-83152-3_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-83152-3_13
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