Research, Evidence and Learning
Research and Evidence
Surveys, knowledge–attitudes–practices studies, needs assessments, mixed-method designs and evidence reviews, designed around the decision they have to support.
When clients come to us
- You need primary data on a population, a market or a service, and it has to stand up to scrutiny.
- A proposal, policy or investment case rests on an assumption nobody has tested.
- An existing evidence base is scattered across reports and needs to be synthesised before a decision.
- A donor or board has asked for a defensible methodology, not an opinion.
What the work covers
- Social, public, market and consumer research
- Household and community surveys, using quantitative, qualitative and mixed designs
- Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) studies
- Needs assessments and stakeholder assessments
- Perception, satisfaction and beneficiary studies
- Opportunity studies, literature reviews and evidence reviews
- Research design and methodology development
What you receive
- A written research protocol with sampling note, instruments and ethics approach
- Trained field teams and a documented data-collection plan
- Cleaned, documented datasets with a data dictionary
- An analytical report with findings, implications and limitations stated plainly
- A short brief for decision-makers who will not read the full report
Professional boundaries
- Findings are reported with their limitations, including sampling limits and non-response.
- Research involving human participants proceeds on informed consent, with anonymisation in public outputs unless otherwise agreed in writing.
Next step
Discuss your project
Send a short note of the decision you need to make, the geography, the deadline and any donor or statutory rule that applies. You will get back a scoping note rather than a generic brochure.