Como medir impacto? : a ferramenta de scoring de impacto (SIm) do BNDES e o futuro dos bancos de desenvolvimento

Abstract

The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) is Brazil’s main development bank and, as such, seeks to carry out operations that promote benefits for society. However, mapping and measuring social benefits is not a trivial task. This text presents a tool developed by BNDES, which can be replicated/adapted by any public or development bank, with the purpose of mapping the economic, social and environmental impacts of investment projects, called the impact scoring tool (SIm). As its name suggests, this tool transforms the mapped effects of a project into a final grade (or score), which can be useful for public policy for several reasons, especially because it helps to signal more socially interesting destinations for scarce public resources. The future of development banks depends on initiatives like this one, which place the measurement of impacts on society at the center of these institutions’ operational routine.