microNote #36: From Social Rating to Social Auditing

  • Date Posted: June 2, 2010
  • Authors: Gary Woller
  • Organizations/Projects: Chemonics International
  • Document Types: Primer or Brief
  • Donor Type: U.S. Agency for International Development

This MicroNOTE describes and contrasts social rating and social audit, demonstrating why the latter is a necessary complement to the former. In doing so, it summarizes the key lessons learned from the USAID social rating initiative and how these are relevant to the development of the social audit.