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Kaveri Pharma Ltd runs a skill training programme for rural youth. After two years, 70% of trainees are in paid jobs, against 30% at the start. Which kind of measurement does this result illustrate?
It illustrates an outcome-level measure. The employment rate among trainees rose from 30% to 70%, showing real change in beneficiaries' lives rather than merely the amount spent or activities carried out.
- AAn outcome-level measure of change in beneficiaries' livesCorrect
- BAn input measure of money spent
- CA measure of the company's statutory reserves
- DA measure of the board's attendance record
Explanation
The rise in employment from 30% to 70% shows a change in beneficiaries' condition after the intervention, which is an outcome or impact result. An input measure would only count rupees spent, which is not what the figures show.
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