We are proud to announce that we have entered into an SBA-approved Mentor-Protégé Agreement with the Panagora Group. Together we will leverage our shared passion for turning evidence into action to grow, expand our work and impact with USAID, and help improve SDVOSB utilization at USAID.
Causal Design has been awarded a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), distinguishing the firm as a trusted and valued provider of independent monitoring and evaluation services in the international development sector.
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I’m really excited to be a part of the development community that uses WeWork for office space in the US. Next week, WeWork K Street (DC) and Cooper/Smith are hosting a panel discussion on data collection, analysis, and use in international development. The (large) panel includes staff from 8 different wework-based firms all working in data for development.
Come check out the panel, ask some hard questions, and enjoy the free drinks.
I was thrilled to be able to sit down with a friend and colleague, Enrique Rubio, a few weeks ago to talk about some of my personal takes on innovation in development. Take a half out and listen to the resulting Podcast. Enrique’s show is already 7 episodes in, so be sure to add it to your […]
Earlier last week I had a chance to see Martin Ravallion speak on his new book at an event held at the Center for Global Development. Sandwiched in the middle of a full day of meetings, the 1 and a half hour discussion on the intersection of poverty analysis and role of economics was surprisingly […]
I was just forwarded a Bloomberg article by a good friend along with a note that she finally understood -kinda- what it is we do. Many, my own family included, believe that economists spend their days coming up with theoretical models for what could happen in the market. I’ve spent a fair amount of time trying to explain […]
With support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, IDinsight published a 3ie Working Paper on the “Future of Impact Evaluation.” We really like the team over at IDinsight and think they are spot-on with this work. Causal Design’s primary focus is on providing decision-focused evaluations like they describe in the paper. Their main arguments are listed […]
We are thrilled to announce that Dan Hudner has joined the Causal Design team as our Director of Research. Dan joins us from Mercy Corps where he has served as the Peacebuilding Evaluation Fellow and co-authored research on disaster resilience with Jon Kurtz. Dan combines his expertise in evaluation techniques with experience managing development projects to create […]
May has already been a month of significant transition (More updates to come!). Unfortunately, we are saying farewell to Kevin Kelsey this week. Kevin was our first research analyst, and his shoes will be hard to fill. While on our team, he made substantial contributions to our evaluations of Mercy Corps’ TabangKO (Philippines) and INVEST (Afghanistan) programs. […]
