This format can also be used to evaluate projects involving operational improvements or daily operations as well.

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The idea is not only to make it easier for investors to evaluate projects and companies but to foster confidence to invest in the sector at all.

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Justin Byworth, chief executive of World Vision, the biggest child sponsorship charity in the world, said that they did not participate because it's harder to evaluate their projects.

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