The five categories of resource transfers show the patterns by which resources, which are always linked to the activities of interveners, affect Dividers and Connectors. That is, these five patterns provide a tool for Do No Harm users to see how their Actions, embodied in resources, are having impacts (consequences).

You can see that the formulation—Actions and Behaviors have Consequences—expands the original understanding of what it is about resources that matter. It is three aspects that matter: 1) the actual inputs; 2) the background decision-making about these inputs; and 3) the way the inputs are handled.

Do No Harm users can use the tool of these five categories to predict beforehand how their resources will affect Dividers and Connectors. This knowledge helps them choose Actions that will reinforce Connectors and weaken Dividers.

Once an intervention is underway, the tool of the five categories is useful for Do No Harm users as they identify and trace their impacts and make appropriate changes to ensure greater effectiveness.

Distribution Effects

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Legitimization Effects

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Market Effects

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Substitution Effects

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Theft

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