Use of Indicators

SPICED Criterion
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1. Subjective 2. Participatory
Indicators should consider the special position Indicators should be developed together
or experience of informants that gives them with those best placed to assess them. This
unique insights. In this sense, what may be means involving a project's ultimate
seen by others as 'anecdotal' becomes critical beneficiaries, but it can also mean involving
data because of the source's value. local staff and other stakeholders.

3. Interpreted and Communicable 4. Cross-checked and Compared

Locally defined indicators may not mean The validity of assessment needs to be
much to other stakeholders, so they often cross-checked, by comparing different
need to be explained. indicators and progress, and by using
different informants, methods, and
researchers.

5. Empowering 6. Diverse and Disaggregated

The process of setting and assessing
indicators should be empowering in itself
and allow groups and individuals to reflect
critically on their changing situation.
There should be a deliberate effort to seek out
different disaggregated indicators from a range of
groups, especially men and women. This is to be
recorded in such a way that these differences can
be assessed over time.

Source: Roche, C. 1999. Impact Assessment for Development Agencies: Learning to Value Change. Oxfam GB. https://bit.ly/33rZJMA