Our Projects
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Year 2014-2015
Country Kenya Tanzania Uganda
Client
Monitoring and Evaluation System for the Agriculture Pillar
Information Management PROJECTS
Kimetrica developed a monitoring and evaluation system (M&E) for the Equity Group Foundation’s Agriculture Pillar by customizing Kimetrica's ki-projectsTM M&E software system, which improved the Foundation's learning, decision making and management. The system was designed to strengthen the Pillar’s accountability, improve public and donor trust, and enable greater stakeholder participation at the Foundation.
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Year 2014-2015
Country Kenya
Client
Feed the Future Zone of Influence Monitoring Survey
Large-Scale Surveys PROJECTS
To measure the progress of the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Feed the Future initiative in northern Kenya, Kimetrica carried out a 2,970-household survey among pastoral and agro-pastoral households. The population-based survey gathered information focusing on agriculture, food security, food consumption, nutrition, women’s empowerment and the well-being of households. Using tablets, Kimetrica’s field teams were able to upload data in near-real time. This allowed for a data quality assessment of the compiled information before enumeration teams moved to the next survey area, saving significant time and money. USAID used the survey results and report to measure the impact of its initiative on household resilience.
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Year 2014
Country Kenya Tanzania Uganda
Client
East Africa Dairy Development Program: Baseline Survey
Research and Evaluation PROJECTS
The East Africa Dairy Development programme (EADD) targeted 136,00 smallholder farms and 400,000 secondary beneficiaries. The project aimed to transform the lives of resource-poor farming families by improving their access to a wealth-creating, robust dairy value chain that would benefit all industry stakeholders. Kimetrica’s research team developed a monitoring, learning and evaluation framework. In order to anchor the framework, Kimetrica also undertook a baseline survey, which provided the key data the project needed to measure outcomes and impacts at mid-term and end-line.
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Year 2013-2018
Country Kenya
Client
Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Field Support
Large-Scale Surveys PROJECTS
Kimetrica provided cutting-edge technical field support to the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), one of United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) longest running and most successful research activities. Kimetrica’s research team helped DHS move from paper data collection to computer and smartphone based data collection, using a mobile version of the Census and Survey Processing System (CSPro) management tool. This shift improved survey data accuracy, and markedly shortened the time between field data collection and results dissemination. In addition, Kimetrica’s trainers helped to build a cadre of local survey experts to manage DHS’s complex demographics and health surveys; Innovative Development Strategies (IDS) indicator surveys; malaria indicator surveys; and service provision assessment surveys. Kimetrica’s work helped shift the bulk of DHS work from international consultants to local experts and advance the objectives of USAID Forward.
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Year 2013
Country Kenya
Client
Modeling and Simulation PROJECTS
Design of a Model for Scalable Nutrition Responses in Kenya
Research and Evaluation PROJECTS
The primary objective of the consultancy was to develop a practical set of guidelines, tools, procedures and protocols that could be implemented to ensure that Kenyan institutions could respond effectively and efficiently to fluctuating malnutrition rates and needs for clinical services for the integrated management of acute malnutrition (IMAM). The project focused on the IMAM package; the Blanket Supplementary Feeding Programs (BSFP); and drought and price/market related shocks. The consultancy resulted in two main deliverables: (1) Guidelines on Scalability that included a comprehensive set of procedures and explanations on how to achieve scalability. The guidelines were organized by process and ensured that at each decision-making level (national, county, district and clinic) there was a clear set of procedures for the different institutions involved; and (2) Scalability Financing and Cost Model, which provided indicative costs of scalable interventions under different scenarios. The model was used to calculate the amount of funding needed, replenishment rates, and the optimal buffer stock of Plumpy’nut and other key supplies.
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Year 2013-2014
Country Kenya
Client
Evaluation of Emergency Cash Transfer Services
Research and Evaluation PROJECTS
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Emergency Cash Transfer program, designated to mitigate the devastating impacts of drought on the most vulnerable populations in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) of Kenya, contracted Kimetrica to assess its overall effectiveness. Kimetrica collected and analysed both qualitative and quantitative data, providing lessons learned, along with highly-informed recommendations to help UNICEF strengthen future cash transfer activities and better align the program with the Kenya National Social Protection Policy.
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Year 2012-2014
Country Kenya
Client
Resilience and Economic Growth in the Arid Lands-Accelerated Growth (REGAL-AG)
Information Management PROJECTS
REGAL-AG is part of the US Government’s Feed the Future (FTF) initiative in Kenya. The project took place in Garissa and Marsabit Districts, and facilitated change of operational practices among pastoralists, processors, traders, and transporters along the livestock value chain in order to improve incomes and stimulate growth. The project’s objectives were to improve livestock value chain development; improve livestock productivity and links to markets; and expand livestock services and livestock-related economic activities for both men and women. Kimetrica bolstered the project through the provision of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tools, management, training, and support. Using Kimetrica’s commercial M&E software, ki-projectsTM, the project’s M&E staff collected performance data remotely, using handheld computer devices, as well as through traditional survey approaches. A baseline survey, measuring project baseline indicators related to project outcomes, provided a statistically significant foundation for reporting results, allowing project managers to fine tune project implementation based on a continuous evaluation of project results at different levels of implementation.
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Year 2012-2013
Country Kenya
Client
Design of National Safety Net Program
Research and Evaluation PROJECTS
In 2012, the social protection sector in Kenya was growing in significance. The number of core programs, essentially cash transfers and safety nets, expanded to include the Hunger Safety Net Programme (HSNP); the Orphans and Vulnerable Children’s Cash Transfer Programme (CT-OVC); the Older Persons Cash Transfer (OPCT); the grant for people living with severe disabilities; and the Urban Food Subsidy Programmes (UFSP). As these programs grew, there was increased focus on how to make them more effective, efficient and scalable. To strengthen and expand the social cash transfer sector, Kimetrica reviewed the status of implementation of the OPCT and PWD programs through external spot checks; designed systems to address gaps in program delivery; developed program operating documents; and trained staff in enhanced program management. In addition, Kimetrica rolled out a complaints and grievances system and trained program staff to use it.
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Year 2012
Country Kenya
Client
Managing a Complaints and Grievance Mechanism for CT-OVC Programme
Information Management PROJECTS
The Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CT-OVC) program aimed to contribute to a national social protection system by providing regular and predictable cash transfers to families living with OVC, to encourage fostering and keeping OVC with their families and communities, and to promote their human capital development. Kimetrica was contracted to manage the project’s complaints and grievance system, including a telephone system that allowed beneficiaries and other stakeholders to register complaints, grievances and other feedback via free phone calls (free to caller); SMS (free to sender); email; and mail. In addition, random spot checks and interviews with program participants were conducted to ensure that the collection of participant feedback and experiences worked. By giving a voice to the program's participants, the system contributed to improved project management and implementation.
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Year 2012
Country Kenya
Client
Education Sector Expenditure Tracking & Service Delivery Survey
Large-Scale Surveys PROJECTS
The delivery of basic public services, such as education and health care, has a huge impact on the quality of life in developing countries. Aware that delivering these services was an issue, the World Bank worked in collaboration with the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) to develop and institutionalize a set of indicators to better gauge the quality of public services in the designated sectors. As part of this program, Kimetrica designed and implemented a survey in 300 beneficiary schools in Kenya. Using micro-computers and Kimetrica’s survey software, ki-metricsTM, for data capture, Kimetrica’s survey teams collected data to better understand the performance of the education sector; the flow of funds throughout the sector; and input indicators, including those related to teachers, school infrastructure and finances. Together, these data formed a set of indicators used to better measure the impact of interventions in the education sector.