faith-linked development network
Aga Khan Development Network
Industry Religion
A large Ismaili-linked development network working across health, education, culture, rural development, civil society, and economic development. It scores well because public-benefit service quality and institutional capacity are strong, while hereditary leadership and limited affected-stakeholder control keep it below democratic alternatives.
Why this matters: AKDN is a positive religiously linked development anchor with unusually broad service capacity.
Letter grade B Qualified High confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1
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Evaluation Overview
B - Qualified
The score turns mainly on Extraction, with the largest penalty coming from Reversibility.
Strengths
- Extraction8/10
- Solidarity with the Unemployed7/7
- Loss-Bearing Fidelity6/7
Penalties
- Reversibility-5
- Accountability Opacity-2
- Identity Capture-1
- Ideological Disavowal-1
Evidence state
- ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)
- ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
- Linked claims17
- Direct axis claims17
- Coverage17/17
Scoring Axes
| Axis | Score | Why this score |
|---|---|---|
Ownership
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Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control
at 10.
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5 / 10 |
Aga Khan Development Network sits at 5 on Ownership because AKDN is a mission-governed development network rather than an investor-owned firm, while ultimate authority still remains… Linked evidence
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Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic
stakeholder control at 10.
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5 / 10 |
Aga Khan Development Network sits at 5 on Governance because its agencies publish public development missions and operate through institutional nonprofit structures with substantial professional capacity. Linked evidence
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Extraction
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Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured
extraction judgment.
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8 / 10 |
Aga Khan Development Network sits at 8 on Extraction because aga Khan Development Network's resource flows depend on donations, institutional assets, dues, offerings, or affiliated service systems rather than democratic surplus return to affected people.. Linked evidence
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Labor Sovereignty
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Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at
7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence
shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling,
retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of
worker voice, or extreme turnover.
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5 / 7 |
Aga Khan Development Network sits at 5 on Labor Sovereignty because aga Khan Development Network's clergy, staff, volunteers, or members operate inside religious authority structures with… Linked evidence
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Solidarity with the
Unemployed
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Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment,
and non-competes.
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7 / 7 |
Aga Khan Development Network sits at 7 on Solidarity Unemployed because aga Khan Development Network's public record shows some ministry, charity, or mutual-aid orientation, but not a universal structural guarantee for people outside paid work.. Linked evidence
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Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and
public obligations.
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6 / 7 |
Aga Khan Development Network sits at 6 on Loss Bearing Fidelity because aga Khan Development Network's mission language and public-service work show some willingness to absorb cost for values, while accountability still depends on institutional discretion.. Linked evidence
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Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
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4 / 5 |
Aga Khan Development Network sits at 4 on Market Conduct because aga Khan Development Network is not an ordinary seller, but it controls access to religious community, services, identity, donations, or institutional recognition.. Linked evidence
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Product Integrity
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Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
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5 / 5 |
Aga Khan Development Network sits at 5 on Product Integrity because aKDN provides health, education, culture, rural development, civil-society, and economic-development services with… Linked evidence
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Scale Integrity
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Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
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5 / 5 |
Aga Khan Development Network sits at 5 on Scale Integrity because aga Khan Development Network's scale gives it public importance and service capacity, while also magnifying hierarchy, opacity, and identity pressure.. Linked evidence
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Penalties
| Penalty | Applied | Why this penalty |
|---|---|---|
Reversibility
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Applied when positive conduct depends on current living leaders,
founders, family owners, or other person-contingent governance rather
than durable structure. Range: -5 to 0.
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-5 |
Aga Khan Development Network is penalized at -5 on Reversibility because aga Khan Development Network's positive conduct depends on present leadership, doctrine, boards, religious culture,… Linked evidence
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Accountability Opacity
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Material opacity, reputation laundering, or hidden accountability
structures that prevent public accountability. Range: -2 to 0.
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-2 |
Aga Khan Development Network is penalized at -2 on Accountability Opacity because aga Khan Development Network's public accountability is limited by religious hierarchy, internal processes,… Linked evidence
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Identity Capture
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Customer pressure, employee pressure, and pervasive identity saturation.
Range: -3 to 0.
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-1 |
Aga Khan Development Network is penalized at -1 on Identity Capture because aKDN has a faith-linked identity, but its service delivery is comparatively outward-facing and less coercive than membership-centered religious systems.. Linked evidence
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Ideological Disavowal
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Concealed ideology presented as neutrality, expertise, professional
necessity, public-service administration, market inevitability, or
non-ideological common sense while exercising power. Range: -3 to 0.
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-1 |
Aga Khan Development Network is penalized at -1 on Ideological Disavowal because aga Khan Development Network presents religious or moral authority as truth, service, tradition, or neutrality in ways that can obscure its institutional standpoint and power.. Linked evidence
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Bonus Credits
| Bonus | Credit | Why this credit |
|---|---|---|
Openness to Dissent
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Credit for tolerating internal, user, customer, worker, and public
dissent without retaliation, capture, or viewpoint laundering.
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1 / 3 |
Aga Khan Development Network gets limited positive credit on Openness To Dissent because aga Khan Development Network's public structures provide some channels for criticism or reform, but… Linked evidence
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Constitutional Spirit
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Credit for respecting constitutional rights and civil-liberties norms
even where private law does not strictly require it.
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2 / 3 |
Aga Khan Development Network gets limited positive credit on Constitutional Spirit because aga Khan Development Network's public work includes some civil-society value, but internal… Linked evidence
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Good Deal
?
Credit for unusually fair value: durable quality, fair pricing, low
lock-in, and clear customer surplus.
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3 / 3 |
Aga Khan Development Network gets limited positive credit on Good Deal because aga Khan Development Network provides community, services, aid, education, advocacy, or spiritual goods that can have practical value outside ordinary market exchange.. Linked evidence
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Cost Transparency
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Credit for clear posted prices, all-in fees, unit costs, public rate
cards, margin/cost visibility, or surplus-allocation transparency,
especially in markets where opaque quotes, hidden fees, or
individualized pricing are normal.
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2 / 3 |
Aga Khan Development Network gets limited positive credit on Cost Transparency because aga Khan Development Network's public materials disclose some institutional information, but… Linked evidence
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Confidence Basis
Confidence Basis
Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.
High 83/100
17 verified linked claims 17 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 17/17 components covered
This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.
Claim confidence 20/20
17 verified linked claims
Source quality 10/18
Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability
Direct axis-specific claims 14/18
17 direct claims across 17 active components
Dispute load 12/12
0 disputed claims on this entity
Recency 10/10
Newest accepted timestamp: May 14, 2026
Reviewer status 7/12
Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding
Component coverage 10/10
17/17 evidence-bearing components have direct support
Evidence State
Evidence State
Claims and Sources
Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.1Aga Khan Development Network is governed as an institutional religious body rather than by worker, member-consumer, or affected-community ownership.
- Aga Khan Development NetworkGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN agenciesGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN annual reviewGeneral web source · 58%
2AKDN governance is philanthropic and faith-linked, with strategic authority tied to the Aga Khan and network institutions rather than direct affected-community ownership.
- Aga Khan Development NetworkGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN agenciesGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN annual reviewGeneral web source · 58%
3Aga Khan Development Network's resource flows depend on donations, institutional assets, dues, offerings, or affiliated service systems rather than democratic surplus return to affected people.
- Aga Khan Development NetworkGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN agenciesGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN annual reviewGeneral web source · 58%
4Aga Khan Development Network's clergy, staff, volunteers, or members operate inside religious authority structures with limited worker sovereignty compared with co-determined or worker-owned institutions.
- Aga Khan Development NetworkGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN agenciesGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN annual reviewGeneral web source · 58%
5Aga Khan Development Network's public record shows some ministry, charity, or mutual-aid orientation, but not a universal structural guarantee for people outside paid work.
- Aga Khan Development NetworkGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN agenciesGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN annual reviewGeneral web source · 58%
6Aga Khan Development Network's mission language and public-service work show some willingness to absorb cost for values, while accountability still depends on institutional discretion.
- Aga Khan Development NetworkGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN agenciesGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN annual reviewGeneral web source · 58%
7Aga Khan Development Network is not an ordinary seller, but it controls access to religious community, services, identity, donations, or institutional recognition.
- Aga Khan Development NetworkGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN agenciesGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN annual reviewGeneral web source · 58%
8AKDN provides health, education, culture, rural development, civil-society, and economic-development services with unusually high practical product integrity for a religiously linked institution.
- Aga Khan Development NetworkGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN agenciesGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN annual reviewGeneral web source · 58%
9Aga Khan Development Network's scale gives it public importance and service capacity, while also magnifying hierarchy, opacity, and identity pressure.
- Aga Khan Development NetworkGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN agenciesGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN annual reviewGeneral web source · 58%
10Aga Khan Development Network's public structures provide some channels for criticism or reform, but dissent remains bounded by religious authority and institutional control.
- Aga Khan Development NetworkGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN agenciesGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN annual reviewGeneral web source · 58%
11Aga Khan Development Network's public work includes some civil-society value, but internal religious governance is not equivalent to public constitutional accountability.
- Aga Khan Development NetworkGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN agenciesGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN annual reviewGeneral web source · 58%
12Aga Khan Development Network provides community, services, aid, education, advocacy, or spiritual goods that can have practical value outside ordinary market exchange.
- Aga Khan Development NetworkGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN agenciesGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN annual reviewGeneral web source · 58%
13Aga Khan Development Network's public materials disclose some institutional information, but donations, assets, internal costs, or affiliated finances are not fully transparent to affected people.
- Aga Khan Development NetworkGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN agenciesGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN annual reviewGeneral web source · 58%
14Aga Khan Development Network's positive conduct depends on present leadership, doctrine, boards, religious culture, or discretionary institutional practice rather than locked affected-stakeholder control.
- Aga Khan Development NetworkGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN agenciesGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN annual reviewGeneral web source · 58%
15Aga Khan Development Network's public accountability is limited by religious hierarchy, internal processes, donor opacity, abuse-reporting gaps, or incomplete financial transparency.
- Aga Khan Development NetworkGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN agenciesGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN annual reviewGeneral web source · 58%
16AKDN has a faith-linked identity, but its service delivery is comparatively outward-facing and less coercive than membership-centered religious systems.
- Aga Khan Development NetworkGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN agenciesGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN annual reviewGeneral web source · 58%
17Aga Khan Development Network presents religious or moral authority as truth, service, tradition, or neutrality in ways that can obscure its institutional standpoint and power.
- Aga Khan Development NetworkGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN agenciesGeneral web source · 58%
- AKDN annual reviewGeneral web source · 58%
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