{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"analysis_type":["impact measurement"]},"warnings":[{"code":"facet_value_not_in_vocabulary","message":"Value 'impact measurement' for facet 'analysis_type' is not in the controlled vocabulary."}]},"total":{"value":2,"relation":"eq"},"page":1,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?analysis_type=impact+measurement","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"fsdafri-000226","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/fsdafri-000226","title":"Sustainable Futures","publisher":{"name":"FSD Africa","organization":"fsd-africa"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2021-02","source_url":"https://fsdafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Sustainable-futures-11.02.21.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"FSD Africa defines 'sustainable futures' as a framework ensuring current interventions do not adversely affect future generations or other groups, emphasizing a 'just transition' and the preservation of five types of capital: financial, manufactured, human, social, and natural. The organization assesses its projects through two lenses: the impact of interventions on these capitals and the dependency of project success on a stable enabling environment. To measure progress, FSD Africa utilizes a mix of country-level macro indicators (such as the Gender Inequity Index and Corruption Perception Index), social impact indicators, and market system change metrics, specifically tracking 'Green finance mobilised'. Practical examples of this approach include facilitating over £100m in Green Bonds in Nigeria and £35.3million for green student accommodation in Kenya.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fsdafri-000226#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"FSD Africa defines 'sustainable futures' as a requirement that interventions meeting current needs do not harm the ability of others to meet their needs in the future, and that environmental goals like net-zero emissions incorporate a 'just transition' for affected people.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fsdafri-000226#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The framework identifies five essential types of capital necessary for long-term poverty reduction and sustainable futures: financial, manufactured, human, social, and natural capital.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fsdafri-000226#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"FSD Africa evaluates its interventions using two perspectives: 'Impact', which examines how projects promote or undermine natural, social, and human capital, and 'Dependency', which assesses how the long-term success of a project relies on these same factors.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fsdafri-000226#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"To implement its strategy, FSD Africa excludes certain high-carbon sectors, such as coal, oil, and gas, from interventions focused on job creation and supports climate adaptation measures like drought-resistant crops and flood defences.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fsdafri-000226#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"FSD Africa has applied its sustainable futures approach to green finance, facilitating more than £100m of Sovereign and Corporate Green Bonds in Nigeria for solar energy and afforestation, and a £35.3million green bond in Kenya for student accommodation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fsdafri-000226#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The organization measures its contribution to sustainable futures through a combination of macro-level indicators (e.g., Gender Inequity Index, Corruption Perception Index, and Gini Index), social impact indicators, and market system change metrics such as 'Green finance mobilised'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fsdafri-000226#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["biodiversity loss","just transition","natural capital","climate change adaptation","renewable energy","climate bond","sustainable finance","afforestation","solar energy","carbon sequestration"],"geography_discussed":["Nigeria","Kenya","Ghana"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["strategic framework","impact measurement"]},{"id":"fsdafri-000003","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/fsdafri-000003","title":"Supporting jobs by strengthening financial systems","publisher":{"name":"FSD Africa","organization":"fsd-africa"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2021-01-20","source_url":"https://fsdafrica.org/supporting-jobs-by-strengthening-financial-systems/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"FSD Africa, in collaboration with The Good Economy and Tandem, has developed a four-step framework to measure how financial sector deepening impacts job creation. The framework emphasizes the use of full-time equivalent (FTE) metrics to account for underemployment and employs a sectoral approach to assess job quality and 'decent work' multipliers. The process involves a theory-based assessment of materiality, estimation of direct and indirect jobs, a decent jobs assessment using sector proxies, and optional bespoke research for high-impact projects.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fsdafri-000003#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The measurement framework consists of four sequential steps: first, a theory-based assessment to determine if a project has a 'material' or 'significant' effect on employment; second, estimating job numbers using primary data and modelling 'indirect' supply chain effects; third, a 'decent jobs assessment' evaluating gender equality, inclusion, earnings, and security using sector averages; and finally, optional bespoke research for projects with large impacts or evidence gaps.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fsdafri-000003#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Using full-time equivalent (FTE) terms is critical for measuring impact in regions with high underemployment, as job creation often involves increasing the work volume for existing employees rather than creating new positions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fsdafri-000003#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A sectoral approach is necessary because employment intensity and job quality vary by industry; this allows for the use of a 'decent work employment multiplier' to qualify job numbers based on the relative quality and inclusion of jobs in a specific sector.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fsdafri-000003#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Financial systems can drive economic growth and job creation by overcoming finance constraints for small firms and improving capital allocation to high-growth firms.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fsdafri-000003#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["job creation"],"geography_discussed":["sub-Saharan Africa","Mozambique"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["methodology development","impact measurement"]}]}