Please differentiate between output & outcome with suitable examples?
ANS: In any project the results is a general concept and at the core of results is the concept of the results chain, i.e. the intended casual relationships among various elements from input to output to outcome to impact. Within this chain, the main conceptual distinction lies between the supply side which transforms inputs into outputs, entirely within the control of the implementing agency and the demand side which is outside the control of the implementing agency and where a response to the delivered outputs, in the form of a behavioral change in the client of the project is expected in terms of outcome and then impact. The following table gives a brief comparative understanding of the different result and project related terms.
