Research & evaluation
- Research design
- Baseline studies
- Endline studies
- Impact evaluation
- Market research
- Feasibility studies
- Institutional assessment
- Surveys
- Data analysis
Service line
Research, Evaluation & Insight
Baseline and endline studies, impact evaluation, market research, feasibility studies, institutional assessment, business valuation and financial modelling.
Capabilities
From study design to defensible findings
Research is only useful if a donor, board or investor will act on it. Every assignment starts with the decision the evidence has to support, and works backwards to the design.
Valuation & financial analysis
- Business valuation
- Financial modelling
- Financial analysis
- Project evaluation
- Institutional assessment
- Due diligence support
- 01
Frame
We agree the research question and the decision it must inform.
- 02
Design
Sampling, instruments, ethics and analysis plan agreed before fieldwork.
- 03
Collect
Fieldwork with enumerator training, supervision and data quality checks.
- 04
Analyse & report
Analysis, findings and a report written for the audience that commissioned it.
Typical assignments
What clients commission
Programme baseline & endline
Matched baseline and endline studies for a funded programme, with an analysis plan fixed at the start so the comparison holds.
Impact evaluation
Assessment of what changed, for whom, and how confidently that change can be attributed to the intervention.
Market & feasibility study
Demand, competition, pricing and operating assumptions tested before capital is committed.
Institutional assessment
Governance, financial management and operational capacity reviewed against a defined framework.
Business valuation
Valuation for transaction, restructuring or reporting purposes, with the method and assumptions set out in full.
Financial modelling
Projection models built to be audited and re-run — assumptions separated from calculations throughout.
Standards
How we protect the credibility of the finding
Research that will be challenged has to be able to withstand the challenge. We document the sampling frame, retain the instruments and the raw data, and record the analysis steps so a third party can retrace them.
Our quality and ethics principlesInformed consent
Respondents are told the purpose, the use and their right to decline.
Data protection
Personal data is minimised, secured and retained only as long as required.
Reproducible analysis
Steps and assumptions documented so findings can be retraced.
Independent review
Findings are reviewed internally before they leave IABP.
Discuss Your Research Requirement
Send us the research question, the population and the reporting deadline. We will propose a design, a sampling approach and a delivery timetable.