Additive Benefit
- James W.
- 3 days ago
- 1 min read
LinkedIn Post 11: Additive Benefit
Not all community benefit is project-generated.
A zone is already experiencing economic growth: 50 jobs/year, organic.
A project arrives and is projected to create 300 jobs.
Genuine additive benefit ≠ 300 jobs.
Genuine additive benefit = 300 minus what would have been created anyway.
SVGA-COUNTER embeds this thinking. Every claim specifies:
What would have happened without this project?
What's the difference? (That's the genuine additive value)
This is standard practice in policy evaluation. It should be standard in social value reporting.
Counterfactuals aren't complicated. They're essential.
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