Practice 04 of 06
Research, Monitoring & Evaluation
Research earns its cost only if it answers the decision in front of you and survives scrutiny afterwards. We design the study around that decision, run the fieldwork with people who know the terrain and the language, and write the result so a non-specialist board can act on it.
- The outcome
- Evidence a board, a donor or a regulator will accept, and can act on.
- Often engaged in
- Agribusiness · Financial services · Public institutions · Development
- First step
- A scoping conversation, at no charge
The situations that bring clients here
- A decision is being made on assumption because nobody has measured it.
- A donor requires a baseline, a mid-term or an endline evaluation.
- Customer feedback exists but nothing operational has changed as a result.
- A programme needs independent assessment rather than self-reporting.
What we provide
The work, in detail.
Capability names and descriptions are taken from the HASI Company Profile 2026. This is the service we sell, not a marketing gloss of it.
01
Commercial research
Evidence for a business decision.
- Market research & assessments
- Design and delivery of market assessments and comprehensive surveys — sizing the opportunity, mapping competition and testing demand before commitment.
- Customer satisfaction surveys
- Surveys built so the result points to a specific operational change, not only a score.
- Feasibility studies
- Viability and potential of proposed projects and ventures, assessed against market, technical and financial reality.
02
Monitoring & evaluation
Evidence for a programme, to the standard partners expect.
- Monitoring and evaluation (M&E)
- M&E frameworks, indicator design and the fieldwork that makes a programme accountable — measuring progress and impact against a defined baseline.
- Baseline surveys
- The starting measurement, designed so later rounds are comparable.
- Impact assessment
- Evaluating the effects and outcomes of interventions and programmes — what changed, and what can reasonably be attributed to the intervention.
03
Social & contextual research
Evidence about the environment you are operating in.
- Conflict analysis
- Insight into the dynamics and factors contributing to conflict, for organizations that must understand the context before committing.
- Social research
- A deeper understanding of social phenomena and dynamics, for work that depends on how communities actually behave.
How the work runs
The method, and what you keep.
Steps on the left, artefacts on the right. Deliverables are agreed in the written proposal before anything starts.
Research design
The question defined, the method chosen, sample and instruments built around the decision.
Data collection
Fieldwork run by enumerators who know the terrain and the language.
Analysis
Data cleaned, coded and analysed against the decision the client faces.
Evaluation
Findings tested — what worked, what did not, and what the evidence will support.
Decision
The result written so a non-specialist board can act on it.
Typical deliverables
- Research design, sampling approach and data collection instruments
- Enumerator training and supervised fieldwork
- Cleaned dataset with documented quality checks
- Analysis and findings report written for a non-specialist reader
- M&E framework with indicators and reporting schedule
- Baseline, mid-term or endline evaluation report
Where this practice is most engaged
- Agribusiness & foodAgriculture, livestock, poultry and food processing
- Financial servicesBanks, Islamic finance institutions, mobile money and investors
- Government & public institutionsMinistries, agencies, regulators and state bodies
- Development & humanitarianUN agencies, INGOs, donors and civil society organizations
Also in this section
Questions
Asked before engaging us.
What languages can fieldwork be conducted in?
Our teams work in Somali, English and Arabic. Confirm the specific communities and languages involved at scoping so the enumerator team is matched properly.
How is confidentiality handled?
Client profiles, documents and information are held in strict confidence and are not disclosed — this is one of the firm’s stated core values and it applies to research data as much as to advisory work.
Can HASI evaluate a programme it also delivered?
Tell us at scoping if that is the case. Where independence is required we will say so and structure the assignment accordingly, or decline the evaluation.
Do you provide the raw data?
Data handling, ownership and retention are agreed in the engagement contract before fieldwork begins.
Research & Evaluation
Evidence a board, a donor or a regulator will accept, and can act on.
Tell us where your organization is against that outcome, and we will say plainly whether this practice is the right place to start, and what the first step would cost.
Or write to hasiconsulting@hasiconsulting.com.