Assessment Resource
| ID | INDIGO-ARES-0018 |
|---|---|
| Assessment Resource - Status | PUBLIC |
| Assessment Resource - Name | Robin Hood Foundation Benefit-Cost Ratio (BCR) |
| Assessment Resource - Who? - Public Sector | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Who? - Private Sector | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Who? - Third Sector | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Agnostic | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Monetary Valuation | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Non-monetary quant index | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Ordinal | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Qualitative only | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Output Format - Quant but no index | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Time frame? - Ongoing | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Time frame? - Prospective | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Time frame? - Retrospective | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Scale? - Agnostic | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Scale? - Micro | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Scale? - Meso | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Scale? - Macro | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Agnostic | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Defence | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Democracy | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Development/ Poverty Reduction | YES |
| 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 | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Sustainability/ Eco | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Impact Goal - Well-being | NO |
| 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 | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Sourcing? - Proprietary in-house | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Sourcing? - Self-driven | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Attribution | NO |
| 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 | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - RCTs | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Surveys | NO |
| Assessment Resource - Method? - Theory of Change | NO |
| 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 | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Used in sectors? - Governance/ Policy | NO |
| 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 | YES |
| 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 | YES |
| Assessment Resource - Leader | Robin HoodFoundation |
| Assessment Resource - Purpose | To translate the projected and actual outputs and outcomes of diverse programs into a single, monetized value that measures the poverty fighting benefits of any program: the boost to income—or, to take into account improvements in health and other factors of general well-being, the boost to living standards—of poor individuals due to the grant. To provide a systematic, consistent, quantitative analysis as one part of the process for evaluating existing and potential charitable investments at Robin Hood Foundation. |
| Assessment Resource - Content | Seeks to know the value of similar and dissimilar programs. Applies an innovative methodology, consisting of: 1. A common measure of success for programs of all types 2. A benefit/cost ratio is calculated for the program, dividing the estimated total earnings boost by the size of Robin Hood’s grant. The ratio for each grant measures the value it delivers to poor people per dollar of cost to Robin Hood—comparable to the commercial world's rate of return. |
| Assessment Resource - Link | https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-robin-hood-rules-for-smart-giving/9780231158367 |