Two integrated practices. One purpose.
Most consulting firms either advise on design or evaluate outcomes. We do both — deliberately, and in an integrated way. Because the gap between reform intent and system-level change is closed not just by better design, but by the evidence that tells you whether the design is working.
Government Adoption Advisory
From pilot to policy. From policy to practice.
Most social programmes that work at pilot scale fail to achieve government adoption not because they lack evidence, but because they were not designed for the institutional realities of government systems. Our Government Adoption Advisory practice works alongside programme teams, foundations, and development organisations to close that gap.
What We Do
System-Fit Design Review
We analyse your programme design against the specific institutional context of the government system you are targeting — incentive structures, budget cycles, capacity constraints, and political economy dynamics.
Adoption Roadmap Development
We build a structured pathway from current state to government adoption, with clear milestones, stakeholder strategies, and risk mitigation plans.
Government Co-Creation Facilitation
We facilitate structured co-creation processes between programme teams and government counterparts, building the co-ownership that makes adoption durable.
PMU Design & Embedding
Where programme implementation requires dedicated management capacity, we design and embed Project Management Units within government structures — building institutional muscle, not creating parallel systems.
When to engage us
You are preparing a proven programme for government scale, negotiating an MoU with a state government, designing a new programme that must be government-owned from day one, or managing a programme where government adoption has stalled.
Research & Evaluation
Evidence that informs — not just reports.
Independent research and evaluation is the foundation of accountable development practice. But most evaluations are commissioned too late, designed too narrowly, or written for compliance rather than learning. Our Research & Evaluation practice is designed from the ground up to generate evidence that is credible, useful, and integrated into programme decision-making.
What We Do
Theory of Change Development
We work with programme teams to develop rigorous, testable theories of change that go beyond logic models to articulate the specific causal mechanisms and assumptions behind the intended impact.
Impact Evaluation Design & Execution
We design and execute impact evaluations using the most appropriate methodology — experimental, quasi-experimental, or mixed-methods — depending on the programme context, available data, and evaluation questions.
Process & Implementation Research
We conduct deep process evaluations that explain not just whether a programme is working, but why — and what needs to change for it to work better.
Learning & Adaptation Systems
We design monitoring and learning systems that create continuous feedback loops between evidence and decision-making — turning evaluation from a retrospective activity into a management tool.
When to engage us
You need a credible, independent evaluation of an ongoing or completed programme; you are commissioning a baseline study before scale-up; you need to demonstrate impact to a funder or government partner; or you want to build an internal learning system.
G-ART Compass
A proprietary diagnostic tool for assessing government adoption readiness across five key dimensions. Launching soon.
Not sure which practice fits your need?
Many of our engagements combine elements of both practices. Tell us what you are working on and we will suggest the right entry point.