Evaluation & applied work
Evaluation, impact assessment, and policy-research engagements for multilateral and bilateral organisations, UN agencies, and governments, applying OECD DAC and UNEG-aligned methods, contribution analysis, value-for-money assessment, and household surveys at scale.
International Consultant · Rome
Design and oversight of monitoring and evaluation frameworks for IFAD rural development and women's economic empowerment programmes across Niger, Nepal, Tunisia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Kiribati, Fiji, Solomon Islands, and Tonga, including outcome indicators and multi-country evaluation methodologies.
Lead Consultant · Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tonga
Independent OECD DAC and UNEG-aligned mixed-methods evaluation of the Joint Programme on Rural Women's Economic Empowerment; designed and implemented the midline household survey across the four countries, reporting against outcome indicators including savings group functionality, financial inclusion, and women's economic empowerment.
Lead Consultant · Madhesh Province
Mid-term contribution analysis of a four-agency UN consortium programme reaching 5,508 rural women across five municipalities: theory of change reconstruction, WEAI and GALS gender-transformative tools, GESI audits, and an annual monitoring survey using multi-stage cluster sampling.
Economist · Washington, D.C.
Institutional capacity assessment of five federal bodies (Nepal Electricity Authority, Nepal Tourism Board, Department of Tourism, CIAA, National Information Commission), combining qualitative interviews, institutional analysis, and capacity-gap diagnosis.
Quantitative Research Specialist · Nepal
Disaggregated statistical analysis of electoral inclusion (gender, caste and ethnicity, geography, disability, age) and systematic media content analysis for Nepal's 2026 federal parliamentary election.
Economist · Nepal
Design and analysis of a 14,000+ household survey on women's socio-economic representation, economic participation, and experiences of violence, translated into municipal policy recommendations.
Team Leader · Sudurpaschim Province, Nepal
Convergent parallel mixed-methods baseline establishing 38 indicators on green growth, climate resilience, and sustainable development, combining household surveys, an enterprise census, and multi-stakeholder consultations within OECD DAC framing.
Team Leader · Makwanpur, Nepal
OECD DAC end evaluation of a multi-sector integrated development project targeting 1,800 Chepang indigenous community members, with recommendations on scale-up and handover to local government.
MEL Researcher · Nepal
Endline evaluation of a three-year adolescent girls' empowerment project across five districts (2,500 direct beneficiaries), applying gender-transformative evaluation methods and contribution analysis.
Team Leader · Bajhang, Nepal
Feasibility study targeting 2,000 young people from marginalised communities; assessed climate impacts on local food systems and access to green livelihoods and finance.
Deputy Team Leader · Nepal
FCDO 4E Value-for-Money assessment (economy, efficiency, effectiveness, equity) of a £9.7M rural infrastructure programme, including evaluation of public-private partnership management models.
Economist · Nepal
Designed the evaluation framework for a bilateral rural infrastructure programme funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, with attention to attribution and contribution in a multi-donor environment.
Lead Consultant · Odisha, India
Mixed-methods study of index-based insurance and credit-linked risk management for smallholder farmers, examining how gender shapes access, uptake, and benefit incidence; led APSIM crop modelling of gender-differentiated weather-risk impacts and authored an IFPRI research note.
Policy engagement