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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Strategic Goal The 3-5 year results of an initiative, or portfolio to which the investment contributes most directly (identified in the strategy score card) Primary Outcome Overall change(s) in technologies, systems, populations or behaviors the investment seeks to achieve within the context of the investment timeframe Intermediate Outcome Short- to changes in technologies, systems, populations or behaviors that need to be achieved in order to realize the primary outcome(s) Outputs The goods, services, events, or deliverables produced during an investment Development Objective(s) (DO) The highest level objective that a Mission can affect and for which USAID is willing to be held accountable *Also / Formerly called Assistant Objectives (AOs) Intermediate Results (IRs) Interim events, occurrences, or conditions that are essential for achieving the DO. IRs and sub-IRs are results that together, are sufficient to achieve the DOs. In most cases, IRs serve as the basis for “projects” that will be designed and evaluated Sub Intermediate Results (Sub IRs) Outcomes contributing to Intermediate Results Output Products or services produced as a result of internal activity Impact The higher level situation that the project will contribute towards achieving Outcome The outcome will identify what will change and who will benefit Output Specific, direct deliverables of the project; outputs provide the necessary conditions to achieve the outcome Strategic Objective Higher-order changes in systems, communities, or organizations Impact Evidence on whether outcomes are actually changing beneficiary behavior or conditions of interest Outcome Benefits of outputs to the target population Outputs Particular goods or services provided by an intervention