Services

We can help your organization with customized research to assess current performance, understand emerging trends, or master new and complex issues. This begins with listening to client needs and objectives, devising a responsive research plan, utilizing the best in technical and field knowledge, and closely managing the process. DevAnalytics applied this approach when we assisted an organization with research on employment and income opportunities and challenges in a post-conflict setting.  

Illustrative research areas we can assist you with include: 

• Trends analysis
• Evaluation and assessments
• Sector or geographic studies
• Executive briefs

Advances in technology and methods in data science have made it possible to mine enormous amounts of data quickly for revolutionary discoveries and insights. We can employ these to help you answer "big picture" questions at the strategic level as well as micro-level questions to discover important details that affect your organization's operations and performance. We have helped clients collect and analyze primary field data, synthesize secondary data, and create visualized data presentations.   

Our data services span the full cycle of:

• Data planning
• Data collection
• Data quality review
• Descriptive and predictive analytics
• Data visualization

Technical competence is essential for successfully guiding research, programming, and strategy.  Technical expertise is also critical for credible thought leadership. Benefit from our subject matter expertise and experience in a range of areas:

• Economics (U.S. and global)
• Humanitarian or conflict crises
• Technology and innovation 
• Health and education
• Energy
• Climate change
• Gender

Innovative research and data analysis can introduce new ideas and thinking. But how can you move effectively from good ideas to the envisioned change? To turn knowledge into action, tap our international experience for help with policy or strategy development.  We can assist with:

• Risk or gap analysis
• Stakeholder analysis
• Strategic frameworks
• Business capture 
• Process mapping 
• Operational planning

Shared knowledge can be a force multiplier for change but how you communicate is just as important as what you communicate. Whether you are sharing insights or soliciting new ideas, utilize our international public and private sector experience to help you engage effectively with your stakeholders. Our knowledge sharing services can assist with:

• Customized communication products
• Strategic messaging 
• Storytelling 
• Partnership engagement
• Technical writing and editing
• Social media engagement

Our experience with governments, private sector, and non-profits have taught us that solutions are only sustainable if there is ownership and capacity. For instance, we have helped international organizations improve their capacity by helping them understand the current donor landscape, options in public-sector financing, and best practices in operational and financial governance. 

Acquire new analytical or technical know-how from our experts to improve your organization's performance or gain a more competitive edge. We can help your organization acquire and sustain new capacities in a range of operational (finance, project management, organizational leadership, etc.) and technical areas, delivered in a variety of modalities, including:

• Customized learning agendas
• Guided implementation plans
• Seminars and workshops
• Blended in-class and online learning
• Personalized coaching