Carr Center for Human Rights Policy: Measuring Impact Impact Program
The Measuring Impact Program continued in the 2004 - 2005 academic year with a special focus on the issue of measurement in human rights. The Center has a project to address some of the most basic and yet most difficult questions in the field of human rights: How do we assess progress in promoting human rights, and how can organizations assess their own individual impact more effectively? There has been significant movement in the fields of development and governance to use quantitative indicators to supplement qualitative assessments of progress, with some measure of success. This Program aims to lead in this discussion as it applies to human rights and the way that human rights civil society organizations, international financial institutions, UN organizations, and governments use and misuse data.