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Understanding impact: how Rabo Foundation and Huatusco centered farmer voices to increase profits

Establishing a shared understanding of strengths and areas for growth, 60 Decibels conducted a study to understand evaluate coffee farming cooperative Huatusco and the experiences of its members.

Latin America’s Fintech Ecosystem: A Rising Global Contender

As investors and entrepreneurs head to Latin America, it is clear that this emerging fintech ecosystem will continue to shape the future of finance globally.

4 Things We’ve Learned from the 60dB Farmer Benchmarks

93 projects. 18,000+ farmers. 19 countries. Our Farmer Benchmarks are the sector's first performance benchmarks to help companies contextualize and understand their impact.

The forgotten factor: why the ‘S’ in ESG matters more than you realise

Two key factors are needed to make progress measuring the 'S' in ESG: a recognition of what the 'S' truly encompasses and reliable data for these areas.

Unlocking Voices, Amplifying Impact: Join the Research Assistant Community at 60 Decibels

RAs are a driving force behind 60 Decibels' work; the accurate and reliable data they collect empowers organizations to make informed decisions to improve impact.

De conversaciones a medición de impacto social

Lean Data se centra en la voz de los usuarios, beneficiarios o clientes finales. La metodología implica recopilar datos remotos, a través de encuestas estandarizadas, de manera rápida y accesible.

Why join the engineering team at 60 Decibels?

Looking for a job in software engineering? You've come to the right place. If you're excited about uplifting voices from around the world, think from first principles, and collaborate exceptionally, this is the place for you.

3 Reasons We Need Social Impact Benchmarks

Our ability to compare with others, based on a benchmark of performance, is what vaults us from evaluation (simply having data) to managing impact performance. To do this, we have to get standard, comparable data from customers and beneficiaries.

Reset the Orientation of Impact Measurement

For impact measurement to serve its highest purpose, the starting intention should be gathering data that serves to improve impact rather than to prove impact.

The 60 Decibels 2022 Review You Can’t Miss

A look back at 2022, highlighting some of our favorite impact measurement projects, top reads, and more

Meet our Research Operations team: how we collect impact data at 60 Decibels

The 60 Decibels Research Operations (RO) team is the backbone of our data collection process. Our network of 1,200+ local Research Assistants speak more than 195 languages and have conducted phone surveys in 82 countries to date.

This Is Not an Impact Performance Report

Impact investing needs more than just “evidence” of impact; we need continuous “impact performance” data that is dynamic, fluid, and iterated upon.

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Understanding impact: how Rabo Foundation and Huatusco centered farmer voices to increase profits

Latin America’s Fintech Ecosystem: A Rising Global Contender

4 Things We’ve Learned from the 60dB Farmer Benchmarks

The forgotten factor: why the ‘S’ in ESG matters more than you realise

Unlocking Voices, Amplifying Impact: Join the Research Assistant Community at 60 Decibels

De conversaciones a medición de impacto social

Why join the engineering team at 60 Decibels?

3 Reasons We Need Social Impact Benchmarks

Reset the Orientation of Impact Measurement

The 60 Decibels 2022 Review You Can’t Miss

Meet our Research Operations team: how we collect impact data at 60 Decibels

This Is Not an Impact Performance Report

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