Development Executives provides sophisticated monitoring, evaluation, and learning solutions that transform data into actionable intelligence. Our advanced capabilities span complex quantitative analytics, deep qualitative research, and specialized conflict-sensitive evaluation methodologies. We specialize in generating evidence that drives programmatic adaptation, demonstrates genuine accountability, and informs strategic decision-making even in some of the world’s most challenging operating environments.
FEATURED IMPACT MEASUREMENT PROJECTS
Showcasing our MEL leadership across flagship and complex development programmes
Asian Development Bank | 2023-2026 | Regional - Multi-Country
Validating multilateral technical assistance effectiveness
Impact
- 50+ technical assistance completion reports validated
- Development effectiveness of ADB interventions assessed
- Institutional learning systems strengthened
Our Role
Independent validation support assessing TA completion reports, development outcomes, and institutional effectiveness for ADB's flagship programmes.
FCDO | £50M | 2024-2026 | Multi-Country
Evaluating FCDO's flagship trade programme
Impact
- Multi-country trade and investment interventions assessed
- 2X Challenge and ESG frameworks integrated across multiple countries
- Gender-smart investment models validated for scale Challenge and green investment evaluation frameworks applied
Our Role
Technical advisor on assessing effectiveness of investment mobilization, trade facilitation, and gender-lens investing across FCDO's flagship multi-country programme.
DFAT | 2024-2026 | Indonesia
Climate-resilient infrastructure through PPPs
Impact
- AUD 374M government budget mobilized for infrastructure
- Gender and climate standards embedded in project design
6 climate-resilientPPP projects prepared with 2X integration
Our Role
MEL and advisory partner delivering results frameworks, performance tracking systems, and adaptive learning mechanisms for climate-resilient PPP infrastructure.
DFID | £203.5M | 2017-2021 | Pakistan (Provincial - KP)
Strengthening education governance and service delivery systems
Impact
- Education governance reforms evaluated across 30,000+ schools
- Learning outcomes measurement systems validated
- Gender equity in education access assessed
Our Role
Independent evaluators delivering performance and process evaluation of education sector governance and service delivery reforms.
USAID | $105.7M | 2023-2024 | Afghanistan
Export competitiveness in fragile and transition contexts
Impact
Export competitiveness evaluated in post-transition context
Women's economic participation measured in fragile environment
Value chain development outcomes assessed
Our Role
OUR ROLE Conflict-sensitive evaluation lead measuring private sector development and women's entrepreneurship in Afghanistan's transition environment.
FCDO | £90M | 2021 | Global
Mobilising institutional capital at scale
Impact
Investment products listed on London, Johannesburg exchanges
Institutional capital mobilization models demonstrated at scale
Blended finance mechanisms validated for frontier markets
Our Role
MEL framework architect designing theory of change, results measurement systems, and impact tracking for institutional capital mobilization.
Impact measurement PROJECT PORTFOLIO
Our portfolio demonstrates depth of expertise across diverse markets, clients, and development challenges
Growth Gateway Programme
Client: FCDO | Years: 2024-2026 | Country: Multi-country (Trade & Investment) | Value: £50 million trade and investment programme
Description: The £50m Growth Gateway Programme aims to drive increased two-way trade and investment between the UK and Low- and Middle-income Countries (LMICs) and deliver significant benefits to both. The programme works directly and indirectly with the private sector to: provide digital guidance on export readiness, import regulations and financing options; deliver support to UK and LMIC firms to advance opportunities with positive development impact; and, deliver technical analysis to unlock sectoral and cross-cutting barriers and develop opportunity pipelines. As a supplier to the programme, Development Executives is relied on to provide specialized trade and investment as well as monitoring evaluation and learning related expertise to the programme.
Key Results & Metrics: Comprehensive evaluation design of £50M programme | Multi-country evaluation methodology | Gender-smart impact assessment | Real-time monitoring systems | 2X Challenge compliance measurement
Key Expertise: Trade evaluation | Investment impact measurement | Gender-smart evaluation | 2X Challenge compliance | Market access barrier assessment | Private capital mobilization measurement
Mobilising Institutional Capital Through Listed Products Structured (MOBILIST)
Client: FCDO | Years: 2021 | Country: Global (Emerging & Frontier Markets) | Value: £90 million institutional capital mobilization
Description: MOBILIST is a £90 million FCDO programme targeting listed markets to mobilise large-scale institutional capital to emerging and frontier markets. Development Executives supported the programme by designing monitoring, evaluation, and learning approaches and developing results frameworks to track capital mobilisation, market development, and systemic change across public and private markets.
Key Results & Metrics: MEL system setup for £90M programme | Theory of change development | Results framework implementation | Institutional capital mobilization measurement | Listed product viability assessment | Emerging market investment measurement | SDG financing gap assessment
Key Expertise: MEL system design | Institutional capital measurement | Listed product evaluation | Market development assessment | Investment mobilization tracking | Results framework development
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Sector Programme Performance and Process Evaluation
Client: DFID | Years: 2017-2021 | Country: Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province) | Value: £203.5 million programme
Description: Development Executives was part of a consortia that had been retained by DFID to provide performance and process evaluation support to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Sector Program (KESP). The objective of this program was to assess the effectiveness of KESP and its contribution (financial and technical) to the final outcomes (more children in school, staying longer and learning more). The project was also geared towards assessing whether specific strategies and approaches had had their intended impact, as well as, providing timely analysis around DFID’s contribution to the programme, as well as the role of technical assistance.
Key Results & Metrics: £203.5M programme evaluation | Policy implementation assessment | Service delivery measurement | Girls’ education access improvements | Teacher rationalisation outcomes | Infrastructure rehabilitation assessment
Key Expertise: Provincial education governance evaluation | Conflict-affected education programming | Service delivery assessment | Institutional capacity building evaluation | Multi-year programme evaluation
Framework Agreement for Technical Assistance Completion Report Validations
Client: Asian Development Bank | Years: 2023-2026 | Country: Regional (Multi-country) | Value: Framework partnership
Description: Development Executives was retained under a Framework Agreement with the Asian Development Bank’s Independent Evaluation Department to support the validation of Technical Assistance Completion Reports. The work involved assessing relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability of technical assistance operations and synthesising lessons learned across countries and sectors.
Key Metrics: Multi-country TA evaluation | Institutional capacity measurement | MDB-standard compliance | Cross-sector policy reform assessment
Key Expertise: Technical assistance evaluation | ADB compliance | Institutional capacity building assessment | Multilateral standards | Multi-country coordination
UNDP Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) - GPN Express Roster for Independent Evaluators
Client: United Nations Development Programme | Years: 2025-Ongoing | Country: Global | Value: Roster-based assignments
Description: Development Executives approved as expert evaluator on UNDP’s Global Performance Network (GPN) Express Roster for Independent Evaluators, enabling deployment for independent evaluation assignments across UNDP’s global portfolio. The roster status facilitates rapid engagement for evaluation design, methodology development, stakeholder consultation, performance assessment, and impact measurement across country offices and regional programmes.
Key Metrics: Global roster qualification | Independent evaluation services | UNDP IEO standards compliance | Quantum procurement system integration
Key Expertise: Independent evaluation | UNDP compliance | Development impact assessment | Multilateral standards | Global deployment capacity
Kemitraan Indonesia Australia untuk Infrastruktur (KIAT)
Client: DFAT | Value: Multi-million AUD | Duration: 2024-2026 | Geography: Indonesia
Description: The KIAT is a 10-year facility supported by the Australian Government and its overarching goal is to support ‘sustainable and inclusive economic growth through improved access to infrastructure for all people’. To support this goal, KIAT works with the Government of Indonesia (GoI) and other development partners to help achieve: improved GoI policy and regulatory framework for infrastructure development; high quality projects prepared and financed by GoI, the private sector and/or MDBs; high quality infrastructure delivery, management, and maintenance by GoI; and, infrastructure policies, design and delivery that are more inclusive for women and people with disabilities. As a Technical Assistance Panel member, Development Executives supports KIAT by providing a range of pre-qualified specialists to undertake technical assistance work on the project.
Key Results & Metrics: MEL system development | Infrastructure investment mobilization measurement | AUD 374M government budget leveraging | PPP regulatory effectiveness assessment | Climate-resilient infrastructure evaluation | Private sector engagement measurement
Key Expertise: Infrastructure evaluation | PPP assessment | Project preparation facility measurement | Government budget leverage tracking | Climate-resilient infrastructure evaluation | Public-private partnership effectiveness
Global Finance Programme Evaluation
Client: DFID | Years: 2018-2022 | Country: Emerging Markets (multiple) | Value: £68 million financial sector strengthening
Description: Development Executives provided MEL and advisory support to GFP. The GFP was a GBP £68 million programme which provided support across four work streams: strengthening banking systems; deepening capital markets; mainstreaming equitable usage of financial technologies (digital finance); and, fostering an environment of financial stability. Focus countries for GFP included Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, etc.
Key Results & Metrics: £68M programme evaluation | Capital markets development impact | FinTech innovation measurement | Regulatory effectiveness assessment | Central bank capacity evaluation | Stock exchange development outcomes
Key Expertise: Capital markets evaluation | FinTech impact assessment | Central banking collaboration | Regulatory framework evaluation | Financial system resilience measurement
Afghanistan Competitiveness of Export Business Activity (ACEBA)
Client: USAID | Years: 2023-2024 | Country: Afghanistan | Value: $105 million USD export promotion
Description: Development Executives conducted a mid-term performance evaluation and examined the relevance and effectiveness of the USD 105 million ACEBA program. The evaluation assessed the effectiveness of the program in achieving intended results, supporting individuals and businesses, integrating women, and informing USAID on future programming options.
Key Expertise: Conflict-sensitive evaluation | Private sector evaluation in fragile states | Non permissive environment MEL | Conflict analysis integration | Women’s economic empowerment in conflict areas
Pakistan Investment Promotion Activity (IPA)
Client: USAID | Value: $17 million | Duration: 2022-2025 | Geography: Pakistan
Description: The purpose of the IPA was to strengthen Pakistan’s business enabling environment to build greater credibility of Pakistani institutions and improve the ecosystem for foreign direct investment and increase U.S.-Pakistan bi-lateral trade and investment. As a subcontractor, to this five year program, Development Executives will work closely with governments (federal and provincial) and private sector stakeholders (e.g., businesses, associations, investors, etc.) to strengthen the investment climate for foreign investors in Pakistan and promote opportunities for enhanced trade and investment between U.S. and Pakistan businesses.
Key Results & Metrics: $14.5M FDI mobilized | 754 investor meetings facilitated | $133.2M investment inquiries generated | $9M term sheets signed | $42M FDI deals progressing | $46.1M bilateral trade increase | $15.3M private investment secured
Key Expertise: FDI measurement | Investment additionality tracking | Investor engagement assessment | Capital mobilization tracking | Trade flow measurement | Investment readiness | Gender lens investing integration
ARMENIA PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY
Client: USAID | Value: $3.2 million | Duration: 2023 | Geography: Armenia
Description: The Armenia Public Finance Management Activity supported the Government of Armenia to strengthen budget planning, execution, reporting, and oversight. As Institutional Assessment Specialist, Development Executives led baseline and needs assessments for the National Assembly Budget Office and Standing Committee on Financial, Credit, and Budget Issues, identifying institutional gaps and reform priorities across the budget cycle.
Key Results: Public financial management reform evaluation | Institutional capacity assessment | Transparency improvement measurement
Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Programme (SEED)
Client: FCDO | Value: £37.5 million | Duration: 2020-2025 | Geography: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Description: Development Executives was a key local subcontractor on the seven year SEED programme. The programme was geared towards supporting provincial economic development and sustainable energy in Pakistan. The programme supported the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), to plan and finance the infrastructure and investment it needed for growth, jobs and prosperity. The programme also addressed Pakistan’s energy crisis by providing innovative financial solutions to industry for the adoption of sustainable energy practices.
Key Results & Metrics: £49M annual pension savings | £187M annual infrastructure savings | $120M investments facilitated | $4B investment pipeline identified | KP Open Data portal established | Quarterly VFM assessments | Adaptive management protocols implemented
Key Expertise: MEL strategy design | Theory of change development | Adaptive management implementation | Value for money assessment | Public financial management evaluation | Green investment measurement | Provincial government partnership
Investment Promotion Programme
Client: FCDO | Years: 2018-2021 | Country: Global (5-country portfolio) | Value: £50 million multi-country investment facilitation
Description: Development Executives provided MEL and advisory support to IPP. The IPP was a £50 million programme which provided support across four work streams: capacity building of Investment Promotion Agencies; Investment Promotion campaigns and events; technical assistance to Public Private Partnership for investment projects; and, trade and investment integrity initiatives. Focus countries included Nigeria, South Africa, India, Pakistan and Philippines.
Key Results & Metrics: Multi-country FDI evaluation | Investment additionality analysis | Institutional capacity building | IFC transaction advisory assessment | Capital mobilisation attribution measurement
Key Expertise: FDI evaluation | Investment additionality measurement | Institutional effectiveness assessment | IFC partnership dynamics
DFID's Global Evaluation Framework Agreement (GEFA)
Client: DFID | Years: 2017-2019 | Country: Global | Value: Framework partnership
Description: Development Executives was appointed to DFID’s Global Evaluation Framework Agreement as a framework supplier, enabling DFID to commission independent evaluation and analytical expertise across its global portfolio. The framework provided DFID with access to pre-qualified specialists to support evaluation, learning, and evidence generation across sectors and geographies, as required.
Key Expertise: Evaluation partnership | Global development evaluation | DFID standards compliance | Framework agreement delivery
Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation (AME) Stabilization Toolkit Development
Client: USAID/Iraq | Years: 2017 | Country: Iraq | Value: Specialized MEL framework development
Description: Development Executives was retained to develop a toolkit to guide assessment, monitoring and evaluation of USAID/Iraq’s stabilization activities. Stabilization includes all projects designed to attract back internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their original place of residence prior to being displaced as well those projects that will encourage them to stay (exclusive of demining and security). The toolkit covers all important factors and facets of developing and implementing a robust monitoring and evaluation program. The toolkit also provides information and analysis on best practices as well as recommendations for technological innovation that can be leveraged to increase the Mission’s effectiveness towards developing, managing and implementing stabilization activities.
Key Expertise: Stabilization evaluation methodology | Conflict-zone MEL frameworks | Real-time monitoring system design | Third-party verification protocols | Non-permissive environment evaluation
FATA Investment Plan
Client: USAID | Years: 2013-2014 | Country: Pakistan (FATA) | Value: Investment planning framework
Description: Development Executives was retained to develop a broad-based investment plan for FATA. The need for developing FIPS stems from the idea that it is timely to undertake a stock take of progress realized through an economic growth lens and to provide stakeholders with a road map of investment options available for increasing economic activity across FATA. The investment plan was built upon in-depth analysis and assessment of key economic sectors (such as, agribusiness, livestock and dairy, fisheries, forests, trade, minerals, education and health) where growth could be realized. These investment plans doubled as both as strategic planning tools as well as guiding instruments for stakeholder’s activities in FATA.
Key Expertise: Investment planning | Post-conflict economic programming | Sector selection frameworks
Financial Development Program (FDP)
Client: USAID/Iraq | Years: 2012 | Country: Iraq | Value: $53.3 million financial sector development (evaluated)
Description: Development Executives was retained by USAID to assess performance of one of its largest livelihoods development programs geared towards development of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The evaluation: assessed FDP-LD’s progress in relation to its goals, objectives, activities and indicators; analyzed and evaluated long term, sustainable impact of FDP-LD’s investments and interventions; captured FDP-LD’s success or failure in adopting viable programmatic approaches and interventions; and, informed USAID on ways to improve future assistance to Pakistan.
Key Results & Metrics: $53.3M programme evaluation | Component 1: Private financial sector advocacy | Component 2: Financial institution soundness | Component 3: Business education quality | Bank partnerships evaluation
Key Expertise: Financial sector midterm evaluation | Central banking collaboration | Payment system assessment | Business education evaluation | FinTech infrastructure
FATA Economic Stabilization Program
Client: USAID | Years: 2014-2016 | Country: Pakistan (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) | Value: Large-scale stabilization and development
Description: FESP was a four-year, $50 million project to create jobs and improve economic opportunity in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The program was designed to help farmers to move beyond food insecure subsistence and support non-farm entrepreneurs, and do so in ways that: improve their livelihood; increase returns from investments in infrastructure that the US Government had made in FATA; and, contribute to further stabilization of FATA by building viable economic alternatives to militancy. The program was meant to serve as a bridge between short-term stabilization activities and longer-term more sustainable development. Development Executives was tasked with leading implementation of Component 2 of the program which focused on non-agricultural activities, such as: strengthening and establishing micro and small enterprises; strengthening supply chains between business operators in the tribal areas and those in the settled areas markets; rehabilitating market infrastructure; and, developing local business and trade associations.
Key Expertise: Conflict-zone economic evaluation | Stabilization impact measurement | Rural development assessment | Livelihood impact evaluation
Mid-Term Evaluation of Federally Administered Tribal Areas Development Program - Livelihood Development (FDP-LD)
Client: USAID | Years: 2011 | Country: Pakistan (FATA/Tribal Areas) | Value: $150 million livelihoods programme (evaluated)
Description: Development Executives was retained by USAID to assess performance of one of its largest livelihoods development programs geared towards development of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The evaluation: assessed FDP-LD’s progress in relation to its goals, objectives, activities and indicators; analyzed and evaluated long term, sustainable impact of FDP-LD’s investments and interventions; captured FDP-LD’s success or failure in adopting viable programmatic approaches and interventions; and, informed USAID on ways to improve future assistance to Pakistan.
Key Metrics: Evaluation of $150M programme | Component performance assessment | Programmatic effectiveness measurement
Key Expertise: Conflict-zone livelihoods evaluation | Large-scale programme assessment | Midterm evaluation | Livelihood impact measurement
Business Plan for Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Client: DFID | Years: 2008 | Country: Pan-African | Value: $15 million additional funding secured
Description: Development Executives’ core team member led the development of a comprehensive business plan for AGRA clearly laying out the landscape of African Agriculture, the role of AGRA, its composition and governance, its strategy, programs and human resources and financial planning required to deliver on its ambitious goals. The project also involved successfully developing a completed proposal to DFID that resulted in securing $15 million in additional funding for AGRA. The proposal addressed key issues for appraisal by DFID, such as, Institutional, Social, Economic, Political, Environmental & Fiduciary Risk Assessments, etc.
Key Expertise: Business plan development | African agriculture analysis | Donor proposal development | Risk assessment | Programme planning
Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Region: Cross-Border Livelihoods Assessment
Client: DFID | Years: 2009 | Country: Pakistan-Afghanistan border region | Value: Trade and livelihoods analysis
Description: Development Executives’ core team member was retained by DFID to develop an assessment for the Af/Pak cross border region by summarizing available evidence and developing in-depth analysis of key economic sectors (such as, agriculture, trade, minerals, etc.). This assessment provided a better understanding of how the local population is linked to the region’s economy and shed light on their access to cross border livelihoods opportunities. The assessment also provided an analysis of existing market conditions and included information on key traded goods, income levels, job creation, labor market, barriers to trade, etc.
Key Expertise: Border economics | Cross-border trade | Livelihoods assessment | Regional economic integration
Multi-country: Financial Sector Strengthening and Reform (FIRST) Initiative
Client: DFID (Multi-donor) | Years: 2006-2007 | Country: 15+ countries (Botswana, Tanzania, Burundi, El Salvador, Vietnam, Costa Rica, Angola, Sudan, Uganda, India, Indonesia, Chile, Rwanda, etc.) | Value: $65 million multi-donor TA program
Description: Development Executives’ core team member served as a Project Officer to the $65 million, multi donor technical assistance program, where he was responsible for simultaneously, leading and managing the development, approval, and implementation of over fifty technical assistance projects in different countries that focused on, accounting and auditing (e.g., Bostwana, Tanzania, etc.), banking systems (e.g., Burundi, El Salvador, etc.), capital markets (e.g., Vietnam, Costa Rica, etc.), regulatory/supervisory reform (e.g., Angola, Sudan, etc.), housing finance (e.g., Uganda, India, etc.), insurance (e.g., Indonesia, Chile, etc.), pensions and collective investment schemes (e.g., Indonesia, Rwanda), etc.
Key Expertise: Multi-country programme management | Financial sector TA | Sector-specific technical assistance | Multi-donor coordination | Standards-based lending
Municipal Environmental Action Program (MEAP)
Client: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) | Years: 2008 | Country: Macedonia | Value: Water sector investment and technical cooperation programme
Description: Development Executives’ core team member assisted EBRD in assessing the MEAP which was a broad based EBRD investment and TC program designed to bring vital reforms to the water sector in Macedonia. As structured the MEAP involved providing assistance for: program management and coordination; preparation of design and tender documentation, assistance in procurement and contracting, construction supervision; implementation of the Financial and Operational Performance Improvement Program.
Key Expertise: Water sector evaluation | Environmental infrastructure assessment | EBRD investment evaluation | Performance improvement measurement
Evaluation of Georgia Wholesale Electricity Market (GWEM)
Client: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) | Years: 2008 | Country: Georgia | Value: Energy sector technical assistance
Description: Development Executives’ core team member assisted the EBRD in assessing technical assistance provided to GWEM which was geared towards: providing assistance in the management and operation of the GWEM according to the entities internal rules and the terms of the Georgian Electricity law; improving collections by enforcing disconnection; ensuring transparent reporting and remission of funds to power generators; reconciling supply and demand statistics; and, reporting on progress and analyzing volumes to understand financial flows.
Key Expertise: Energy sector evaluation | Financial management assessment | Technical assistance evaluation | EBRD compliance
Export Promotion Manual (EPM)
Client: Commonwealth Secretariat | Years: 2007-2008 | Country: South Africa | Value: Export policy framework
Description: Development Executives’ core team member was retained by the Commonwealth Secretariat to assist South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry in preparing an EPM which will serve as a reference manual for Export Promotion Directorate staff and Foreign Economic Representatives (FERs) and to inform the rest of DTI on how they fit into the wider framework of export development policy and programs.
Key Expertise: Export policy development | Institutional capacity | Policy framework design
Irish Cooperation Programme in South East Asia
Client: Irish Aid | Years: 2007 | Country: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia | Value: Regional strategy development
Description: Development Executives’ core team member developed in-depth assessments of Southeast Asian economies that supported the development of Irish Aid’s Strategy for the region. The assessment focused on using Ireland’s growth experience to develop a strategy of engagement with high growth countries, such as, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. For each country, assessments of the patterns of growth, development challenges and assessment of government development plans and policies that fed into the final strategy report.
Key Expertise: Comparative economic analysis | Growth assessment | Strategic planning | Regional integration
Provincial Disaster Risk Management (DRM)
Client: UNDP / Government of NWFP | Years: 2007 | Country: Pakistan (NWFP) | Value: Disaster management framework
Description: Development Executives’ core team member provided UNDP and the NWFP Government with planning support in the aftermath of the October 2005 earthquake. The Technical Assistance was geared towards enabling the government to establish sustainable mechanisms and structures for dealing with such disasters in future. The project involved: analyzing existing institutional framework for dealing with disasters; developing recommendations strengthening capacity of the government, including, creation of a Provincial Disaster Management Authority; and, developing a draft DRM plan for the Provincial Government.
Key Expertise: Disaster risk management | Institutional framework analysis | Capacity building recommendation
Pakistan Country Assistance Programme Evaluation
Client: Asian Development Bank | Years: 2005-2006 | Country: Pakistan | Value: $1.6 billion (20-year assessment period, 1985-2005)
Description: Development Executives’ core team member was retained by Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the assessment and rationalization of over $1.6 billion in private sector development and financial sector development assistance to Pakistan over a twenty year period (1985 – 2005). Assessed ADB’s strategies and operations that supported development of a broad range of financial intermediaries e.g., banks (commercial, SME, micro-finance/rural finance banks, etc.), Development Financial Institutions, Stock and Commodity Exchanges, etc. Developed reports and recommendations that had significant impact on the design of ADB’s 2006 multi-year Country Assistance Strategy for Pakistan and the future allocation of ADB resources in the country’s financial sector.
Key Expertise: Multi-year programme evaluation | Financial sector assessment | Strategic planning support | ADB standards
UNDP Lachi Poverty Reduction Project
Client: UNDP/DFID | Years: 2003-2005 | Country: Pakistan (Kohat District, NWFP) | Value: Multi-sectoral poverty programme
Description: Development Executives core team member worked with UNDP’s Lachi Poverty Reduction Project as a Programme Manager. This multi- sectoral initiative was geared towards improving the livelihoods of over 100,000 inhabitants of the Lachi area of Kohat district in NWFP.
Key Expertise: Multi-sectoral programme management | Livelihood assessment | Community engagement
Pakistan Community Infrastructure Program
Client: The World Bank | Years: 2003 | Country: Pakistan | Value: Institutional assessment
Description: Development Executives’ core team member was retained by the World Bank to assess and strengthen the institutional linkages between various tiers found within Pakistan’s Local Government structure. Conducted detailed assessments of capacities, systems, and processes of local government bodies and identified gaps between their mandated institutional responsibilities and their ground-realities.
Key Expertise: Local governance assessment | Institutional capacity evaluation | Systems analysis
US Department of Education
Client: US Department of Education / PricewaterhouseCoopers | Years: 1996-1998 | Country: United States | Value: Institutional assessment
Description: Development Executives’ core team member designed and developed a financial management system that enabled the US Department of Education to closely track the distribution and utilisation of grant money to Universities and Colleges across the country and also to target and monitor high-risk institutions.
Key Expertise: Grant tracking system for national university/college network | High-risk institution monitoring | Financial transparency enhancement
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)
Client: US Department of Education / PricewaterhouseCoopers | Years: 1996 – 1998 | Country: United States | Value: Institutional assessment
Description: Development Executives’ core team member provided qualitative and quantitative analytical and management support to GNMA’s management team in order to manage risks associated with its $550 billion portfolio of Mortgage Backed Securities.
Key Expertise: Grant tracking system for national university/college network | High-risk institution monitoring | Financial transparency enhancement
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