Value for money: resources
Bond resources
Value for money: what it means for NGOs
This new Bond paper presents a framework to help UK NGOs navigate the value for money agenda and to identify which approaches and methods are best suited to their needs.
Integrating value for money into the programme cycle (PDF) - a new Bond resource on how value for money considerations can be integrated into the programme cycle and how an NGO can build a robust and defensible case for how an intervention balances economy, efficiency and effectiveness and delivers the most value for poor and marginalised people.
Bond's presentation on value for money at the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness at Busan in November 2011 (PowerPoint)
Discussion papers
ICAI's approach to effectiveness and value for money - the Independant Commission on Aid Impact's paper on value for money, looking at approaches to and ways to measure value for money.
Value for money: current approaches and evolving debates - an LSE paper on value for money: a conceptual discussion of possible ways of defining and measuring value for money is conducted, followed by a technical analysis of different approaches and measurement techniques adopted by stakeholders.
Value for money methodologies
Guide to Social Return on Investment - the Cabinet Office (Office of the Third Sector) guide to social return on investment. The purpose of this guide is to standardise practice, develop the methodology, and provide more clarity on the use of social return on investment. It has been written for people who want to measure and analyse the social, environmental and economic value being generated by their activities or by the activities they are funding or commissioning.
Value for Money in international development using Social Return on Investment - New Economics Foundation presentation on social return on investment from a Bond workshop on 19 October 2010.
Contribution analysis: An approach to exploring cause and effect - a paper by John Mayne from the Institutional Learning and Change Initiative on how to conduct a Contribution Analysis.
Conducting a Basic Efficiency Resource analysis - a guide and case study from AlterSpark consulting and Oxfam GB on the BER model. The Basic Efficiency Resource model can aid impact evaluations of complex programs comprising numerous units. It is based on quadrant analysis and social return on investment, where output is compared to input, providing a relative perspective on performance.
Basic Efficiency Resource: A framework for measuring the relative performance of multi-unit programs - a guide to using the Basic Efficiency Resource framework from Leitmotiv and AlterSpark consultants.
Bond member case studies
WaterAid
WaterAid presentation for Bond value for money event in February 2011: the advantages and challenges of their collaboration with nef to look at social return on investment in some of their country programmes.
VSO
VSO presentation for the Bond value for money event in February 2011: the advantages and challenges of the use of social return on investment, case studies and value chains.
Oxfam GB
Oxfam GB's presentation for the Bond value for money event in February 2011: their approach to value for money focussing on strong monitoring and evaluation, evaluations, and transparency.
HIV/AIDS Alliance
International HIV/AIDS alliance presentation for the Bond value for money event in February 2011, looking at a pilot using social return on investment to measure value for money, a case study from the International HIV/AIDS Alliance on using social return on investment on their CHAHA programme in India, and a discussion paper on the alliance appraoch to value for money.
Donor perspectives
DFID presentation on Value for Money and Civil Society
DFID presentation from the Bond value for money event in February 2011 looked at what DFID wants civil society organisations to do on value for money and their policy approach.
A DFID commissioned report from ITAD consultancy on how DFID can measure value for money in its governance programmes.
