This report presents the DCED Standard for results measurement and current thinking and practice related to its increasing adoption by programmes and use in varying contexts. The DCED Standard is a practical framework for private sector development programmes to monitor progress towards their objectives, comprising eight elements: articulating the results chain, defining indicators of change, measuring changes in indicators, estimating attributable changes, capturing wider changes in the system or market, tracking programme costs, reporting results and managing the system for results measurement.