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Applied Research and Policy Consulting

Decision ready evidence, produced inside the markets it describes.

What it is

Commissioned research for institutions that have to defend a decision. We take a brief from question design through fieldwork to a written report your committee can read, and we document the methodology in full so it can be repeated. Where the evidence does not exist yet, we collect it.

What we deliver

  1. 01Question design and research protocol
  2. 02Instrument design, sampling and fieldwork across West Africa
  3. 03Quantitative analysis, econometric modelling and forecasting
  4. 04Qualitative interviews and stakeholder consultation
  5. 05Baseline studies, evaluations, sector diagnostics and feasibility work
  6. 06Written report, policy brief and a presentation to your team
  7. 07Documented methodology and data handover on request

Illustrative engagement, not a client case study

Labour market baseline for a skills programme

The question
A donor funded skills programme needs a defensible baseline on employment outcomes before it scales.
Our approach
We design the survey instruments, run fieldwork with local enumerators, and model outcomes against a comparison group.
What you receive
A full report, a short brief for the steering committee, and a set of indicators for annual reporting.

Next practice area

Institutional Capacity Building