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Our mission is to provide evidence that leads to improvements in people’s lives, wherever they live.
Our Core Team
Experience + Technology
Members of our team have lived in, worked in or come from the communities that participate in our research. We know what it takes to get meaningful results. And we’ve spent years figuring out what kind of technology actually helps.
Managing Director
Shireen Issa
20 years’ monitoring, evaluation, research, and programs. Former Head of M&E at Aga Khan Foundation.
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Research & Insights Lead
Sanghamitra Mazumdar
8 years’ monitoring, evaluation, and learning experience in Sub-Saharan Africa, Central and
South Asia, and Western Balkans.
Research & Insights Lead
Jana Sakakini
Monitoring, evaluation, and learning expert. Experience in the Middle East, North and Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Western Balkans
Projects Coordinator
Blessing Oladunjoye
Project manager, communications professional and award-winning journalist.
Rawand Hanna
Developer-Analyst
Quantitative analyst and developer with expertise in R, Python, and no-code software development.
Strategic Advisors
Carlos Barahona
25 years as a senior statistician in research design, team coordination and project delivery.
Rico Natali
10 years as researcher, practitioner and advisor in emerging markets.
Thematic Advisors
Randy Hatfield
25 years leading M&E and project analysis. Ph.D. in Social Policy and Administration
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