Number of unique households that were clients of the organization and provided access, during the reporting period, to products/services they were unable to access prior to the reporting period.
Organizations should reference New Access to Water, New Access to Energy, New Access to Education, New Access to Finance, or New Access to Healthcare in the glossary for more clarification.
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used. See usage guidance for further information.
This metric is intended to capture the number of unique households that were recipients of the organization's products or services who were unable to access these products and services from organizations in prior periods. Examples of organizations that might report against unique households include those that provide products such as clean cookstoves or water purification systems and services such as home weatherization. Organizations that provide goods and services at the individual level, such as vaccines or school lunches, might find it more appropriate to report using the Client Individuals metric.
Please reference New Access to Water, New Access to Energy, New Access to Education, or New Access to Healthcare in the glossary.
Many organizations may not be able to report on the number of client households based on direct data. For example, organizations that sell water purification systems via a series of local network distributors might estimate the number of client households reached by the number of units sold. Details on how and why these assumptions were made should be footnoted.
This metric is multi-dimensional in regards to the five dimensions of impact. It may help describe the WHO dimension when the stakeholder group represented by the metric is the stakeholder group targeted by the investment or organization. It may also help measure the HOW MUCH Scale dimension, which helps estimate the number of the targeted stakeholders experiencing the outcome. For more on the alignment of IRIS metrics to the five dimensions of impact, see specific guidance document. No single metric is sufficient to understand an impact; rather, metrics are selected as a set across all dimensions of impact. When possible, the selection of metrics to measure and describe the five dimensions should be based on best practice and evidence.
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Metrics identified as "cross-category" are those that are relevant to any IRIS+ Impact Category or Impact Theme (i.e., these metrics are not specific to any particular industry/category or theme).
January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
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May 2019 - IRIS v5.0 Released
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March 2016 - IRIS v4.0 Released (current version)
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March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
New metric. Client Households: Provided New Access (PI2845) developed via IRIS Taxonomy Group.
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