Brief Institutional profiles for Evaluation

Name

Org type

Current research capacity (senior, mid-career, junior staff)

Thematic focus

Methodological and geographic focus

Main donor/funding/client

Research Projects/Publications

APEX

Consultancy /Evaluation firm

Senior Quantitative Researcher:1, Qualitative and Quantitative Researcher:1, Qualitative Researcher:1

Monitoring and Evaluation Services,Education Services,Health Services,Livelihood Services,Natural Resource Management Services,Governance and Economic Growth,Energy and Environment Services,Corporate Social Responsibility Services,Marketing Research,Business Process, Outsourcing Services

Quantitative/ Qualitative/ Both

Nation-wideLocation: Islamabad, Sukkur, Hyderabad, Peshawar, Gilgit, FATA, Faisalabad and Lahore

UNICEF, UNDP, USAID, JICA, WB, Save the Children, Plan Pakistan and Federal Government

Projects:(Total num. of projects (2007-2012): 40)

1) Monitoring Review of UNDP Flood Recovery Programmes (UNDP-2011)

2) Field Monitors and Reporters in FATA (UNICEF-2011)

3) KAP Survey and Environmental Awareness Campaign(Islamic relief-2011)

4) Detailed Livelihood Assessment (FAO of the United Nations, Rome Headquarters-2011)

5) End-line Survey for Impact Analysis (KRI / JICA-2011)

6) User Beneficiary Assessment Survey(PPAF-2011)

7) Consultancy to Final Evaluation of PEFSA Program in Pakistan(Save the Children)

8) Local Level Sporting Need Assessment in Malakand, Lower Dir, Upper Dir and Shangla Districts(UNDP)

9) Poverty Score Card Survey (LOT N8 District Khushab) (PPAF-2011)

10) Field Monitors and Reporters in Sindh(UNICEF-2011)

11) Field Monitors and Reporters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (UNICEF-2011)

OPM

Research and Evaluation Institute

Senior in-house researchers: 4 (non-PhD),In-house Mid-career/junior researchers: None

Public financial management, and governance reform; Qualitative and quantitative national surveys; Social protection; Health; Education; Poverty & microfinance; Monitoring and evaluation; Security Risk Assessment.

Quantitative /Qualitative/ BothKPK (Peshawar)Location: Islamabad

WB, UN, DFID, GoP (Both federal & Provincial)Website:Clients:Government of Khyber PakhtunKhwa, federal and provincial ministries of finance and health, Aga Khan Development Foundation, DFID, Save the Children and the World Bank.

Projects: Name(Client, Completion Date)1) Baseline Survey for Impact Evaluation of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) (Government of Pakistan, December 2012)2) Review of Options to Maximise the Nutritional Impact of BISP Cash Transfer Programme in Pakistan (Government of Pakistan, April 2012)3) Moving to a Medium Term Budget Framework (Government of Pakistan, August 2011)4) Design of the Benazir Income Support Programme: Baseline Evaluation Survey (World Bank, July 2011)5) Evaluation of Pakistan