Assessment Resource
| ID | INDIGO-ARES-0003 |
|---|---|
| Assessment Resource - Status | PUBLIC |
| Assessment Resource - Name | Democracy Fund Systems Mapping |
| Assessment Resource - Who? - Public Sector | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Who? - Private Sector | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Who? - Third Sector | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Agnostic | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Monetary Valuation | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Non-monetary quant index | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Ordinal | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Qualitative only | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Quant but no index | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Time frame? - Ongoing | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Time frame? - Prospective | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Time frame? - Retrospective | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Scale? - Agnostic | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Scale? - Micro | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Scale? - Meso | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Scale? - Macro | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Agnostic | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Defence | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Democracy | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Development/ Poverty Reduction | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Education | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Employment/ Financial well-being | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Health | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Housing | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Local rejuvenation | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - SDG oriented | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Social impact | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Sustainability/ Eco | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Well-being | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Case Study | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Classification | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Consultancy | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Framework | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Guide | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Dataset | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Principles | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Reporting Standards | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Resource Repository or Summary | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Tool | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Type - Training Programme | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Sourcing? - Agnostic | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Sourcing? - Outsource to Vendor | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Sourcing? - Paid tool | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Sourcing? - Proprietary in-house | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Sourcing? - Self-driven | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Attribution | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Diff-in-Diff statistical analysis | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Ex-ante projections | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Focus Groups | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Framework agnostic | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Interviews | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Mission Alignment | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Observation | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Operational Data | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - RCTs | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Surveys | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Theory of Change | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Before and After | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Charity | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - CSR | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Development | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Governance/ Policy | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Green Book | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Healthcare | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Housing | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - IGOs | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Impact investing | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Microfinance | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - SIBs | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Social Enterprises | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Sustainability/ Eco | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Developed Countries | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Developing Countries | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Internal / External? - Internal | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Internal / External? - External | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Leader | Democracy Fund |
| Assessment Resource - Purpose | Systems thinking is a method of analysis that focuses not just on the component parts of a system (such as individuals, organizations, or institutions), but rather how these components interact and relate to each other. That’s because systems thinking assumes that it is this interconnectedness that drives the way the system works. Our democracy is a complex political system made up of an intricate web of institutions, interest groups, individual leaders, and citizens — all connected in countless ways. There are no simple answers or silver bullets in this complex world. |
| Assessment Resource - Content | We have created several systems maps, including maps on local news and participation, the legislative branch of our federal government, and our election system. In each of these, you’ll see the dynamic patterns (or feedback loops) that occur in a system — vicious, virtuous, and balancing cycles of behavior and reaction. We hope these systems maps will contribute to smarter interventions and we anticipate that the maps will foster collaboration with our partners by transparently laying out our understanding of the problems we are working to address. |
| Assessment Resource - Link | https://democracyfund.org/who-we-are/systems-thinking/ |