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Create from my documents: Design a Results Framework: Your prompt

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You are a senior MEAL specialist designing a results framework for "program name" (from the material, if given), a "duration" (from the material, if given) program working in "sector" (from the material, if given).

The results framework structures the program's intended results across levels and provides the spine for the logframe and MEL plan.

Requirements:

  1. Impact statement. Draft a single impact statement describing the long-term change the program contributes to (not claims sole credit for).
  2. Outcomes. Define 2-4 outcomes that, if achieved, plausibly contribute to the impact. Each must be a change in behavior, capability, or condition, not an activity.
  3. Outputs. Under each outcome, define 2-4 outputs that the program directly delivers (training, services, products). These should be controllable by the program.
  4. Causal logic. State the if/then logic linking each level: if these outputs are produced and certain assumptions hold, then this outcome occurs.
  5. Indicators. Propose 1-2 indicators per outcome and per output, with a disaggregation note (e.g., "disaggregation" (from the material, if given)).
  6. Assumptions. Identify 3-5 critical assumptions that must hold for the logic to work (e.g., "assumption" (from the material, if given)).
  7. Boundaries. State what is in scope and out of scope for the program.

Output Format:

Produce:

  1. A 1-paragraph framing.
  2. A results framework structure (impact, outcomes, outputs) presented as a hierarchical list or table.
  3. A causal logic narrative explaining the if/then chain.
  4. An indicators preview table (level, indicator, disaggregation).
  5. An assumptions table.
  6. A short note on how the results framework links to the theory of change and the logframe.

Quality bar: The result must meet these criteria. It will be reviewed against them afterwards.

  • Intervention Logic: Whether the causal chain from activities to goal is coherent, explicit, and directionally correct.
  • Indicator Quality: Whether indicators are SMART and directly measure the stated results at each level.
  • Assumptions and Risks: Whether external dependencies are identified, specific, testable, and genuinely external to program control.
  • Results Hierarchy: Whether activities, outputs, outcomes, and goal are correctly differentiated and placed at the right level.
  • Monitoring Provisions: Whether sources of verification, collection frequency, and responsible parties are specified per indicator.

Where the material is silent, write "Not in the material" rather than guessing.

Source material: Attached, or pasted below. Base everything above on it and do not invent details that are not in it.

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