Advancing Communities & Economic Equity

Empowering Economic Development

The social fabric of our communities is increasingly rich and complex.  Its residents are diverse with widely ranging needs and demand a great deal from their government and NGOs, who face the daunting task of meeting those needs while ensuring a culturally and economically vibrant society with limited resources.

The Challenge
A vibrant community depends in large measure on the strength of its economy and the participation of its citizenry in that economy. To that end, significant financial resources, human energy and ingenuity are being applied to sustainably improving economic opportunity for people across the socio-economic and educational spectrum. Success of these programs is mixed and often uncertain. A great deal of effort is lost and funds wasted.

Program managers and gov’t officials lack a uniform way to compare, assess, manage and effectively design the programs in which they are investing and on which the individuals they serve rely to achieve a sound financial present and future.

Going Back to Fundamentals
The ultimate objective of social impact and economic development programs is to strengthen the financial capacity and well-being of those it serves, while ensuring the effective use of resources and the organization’s own financial integrity.

To meet this need, Aegis developed Stancesm. Stance^sm provides a clear, pragmatic, objective and holistic measure of economic strength. Stance is at once a new macro and micro-economic metric and system that allows the direct and uniform measurement of programs’ impact on an individual, family, community and the society that it serves.

Stance^sm enables new and deeper insights into individual and community needs and characteristics that enhance program design, improve operating performance, better target investments and leverage existing capabilities. It is a tool of great value to counselor, economist, program manager government planner, and funding organizations. It is designed for use globally in developed and developing countries.