IFC’s alignment and measurement approach
IFC leverages its project outcome indicators in the AIMM results framework to align its reporting at the portfolio level to various SDG targets. IFC’s results-measurement framework currently comprises mostly sector-level outcome indicators, including Harmonized Indicators for Private Sector Operations (HIPSO) used by multiple development finance institutions to measure, monitor, and report on development outcomes, including those related to the SDGs. These indicators are monitored throughout the project’s lifecycle. Specific guidance regarding the types of interventions that may be considered under each SDG is guided by the official UN definition of the SDG and its associated targets.
An indicator may be aligned to multiple targets within a single SDG and/or across several SDGs. Project outcome indicators are not required to match the list of UN-designated SDG indicators but should be directly related to the SDG target. Where no direct indicator can be tracked, a proxy indicator may be used to measure contribution to an SDG target only if it is validated by a theory of change model.
These metrics capture IFC clients' contribution towards a given SDG, through increased access to services in infrastructure, Information, and communications technology (ICT), financial, health, education, agribusiness, and manufacturing, as well as in the thematic areas of gender, jobs, and climate.
IFC’s alignment approach is also in tandem with the HIPSO SDG alignment framework: https://indicators.ifipartnership.org/
The table below highlights IFC clients’ contribution to the SDGs. Filter by reporting year to see the annual contributions since 2015.
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