Our Projects
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Year 2011-2012
Country Rwanda
Client
Rwanda: Feed the Future Impact Survey Design
Research and Evaluation PROJECTS
Feed the Future (FTF) is the United States Government's global hunger and food security initiative. It supports country-driven approaches to address the root causes of hunger and poverty and to forge long-term solutions to chronic food insecurity and undernutrition. Drawing upon resources and expertise of agencies across the U.S. Government, this Presidential Initiative is helping countries transform their agricultural sectors in order to sustainably grow enough food to feed their people. In 2011, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) FTF initiative experimented with different approaches to measure impact. USAID Rwanda contracted Weidemann and Kimetrica to design methodologies to measure the impact of an FTF activity in Rwanda. Kimetrica developed several different impact methodologies to enable USAID to draw comparisons of key program outcomes among beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. The work identified key constraints to measuring outcome indicators and highlighted the need to incorporate the requirements of impact assessment with program implementation strategies. Kimetrica’s contribution to methods for monitoring and evaluation of FTF programs influenced the initiative as a whole.
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Year 2011
Country Kenya
Client
USAID FANTA Exit Strategies Study
Research and Evaluation PROJECTS
As part of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University study of exit strategies and sustainability of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Title II programs, Kimetrica planned and carried out a quantitative study to assess the continuation of Title II activities and impacts in Kenya, following USAID Food for Peace interventions. The work included the design of household- and community-level survey instruments, sample design, instrument field-testing and translation, enumerator training, design of quality control systems, and the overall management of survey implementation. In addition, Kimetrica’s research team designed a data reduction system using Kimetrica’s survey management tool, ki-metricsTM, and managed data collection and initial statistical analysis.
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Year 2010
Country Somalia
Client
Monitoring Somalia Emergency and Development Assistance
Research and Evaluation PROJECTS
In 2009, Kimetrica submitted an unsolicited proposal to United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Somalia, recommending an approach for independent monitoring of its activities. The proposal was based on the use of Kimetrica’s web-based survey software, ki-metricsTM, and Kimetrica’s network of Somali monitors. In 2010, USAID funded a six-month pilot project, followed by a six-month extension, to provide monitoring and verification inspections, as well as recommendations for what USAID could do to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its aid delivery in Somalia. The monitoring was based on standard questionnaires and was supported by photographic evidence of USAID-funded activities. Further, Kimetrica’s field staff was asked to investigate and verify allegations of fraud and/or waste of USAID assistance. Monitoring focused primarily on support related to water points, health facilities, peace committees, schools and public buildings.
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Year 2010
Country Kenya
Client
Value Girls: Project Monitoring and Evaluation System
Information Management PROJECTS
The Value Girls Project, managed by Cardno Emerging Markets, was a Global Development Alliance jointly funded by USAID and the Nike Foundation to improve the socio-economic status of young women by giving them alternative sources of income. It was targeted at females between the ages of 14 and 24, who lived in the fishing communities of rural Nyanza and western Kenya. Working through three local organisations in six districts, the project supported girls working in poultry and vegetable farming to increase their incomes. Kimetrica developed the project’s monitoring and evaluation system, based on its commercial software ki-projectsTM, to assess whether programs were on-track and achieving their intended results. The web-based system included monitoring tools (input supply, purchasing, partner reports, client registration, client monitoring, and evaluation and donor reporting) that were integrated into everyday program management. Also included as simple-to-use modules were evaluation and impact assessment tools for quarterly, mid-term and final evaluations.
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Year 2009
Country Kenya
Client
Value Girls: Baseline Survey
Large-Scale Surveys PROJECTS
The Value Girls Project, managed by Cardno Emerging Markets, was a Global Development Alliance jointly funded by USAID and the Nike Foundation to improve the socio-economic status of young women by giving them alternative sources of income. The project focused on females between the ages of 14 and 24 living in the fishing communities of rural Nyanza and Western Kenya. Working through three local organisations in six districts, the project supported girls’ involvement in poultry and vegetable farming to increase their incomes. To establish baseline metrics for monitoring program performance and impact, Kimetrica’s survey team conducted individual and focus group surveys of targeted beneficiaries of the Value Girls Program. The baseline survey and analysis established project impact measures and informed the development of the project's monitoring and evaluation framework.
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Year 2007
Country USA
Client
Early Warning and Population Estimation: Tools for Improved Analysis and Response
Information Management PROJECTS
Immediately following the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004, two of Kimetrica’s founders led an initiative to provide rapid population estimates in the impacted areas. Although the work took over two weeks, it was still considered a very rapid analysis. Following this experience, Kimetrica began researching techniques to reduce the time it takes to make small-area population estimates. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded a proof of concept activity, allowing Kimetrica’s software development team to create a web-based application for demographic analysis. This initial tool became Population Explorer (www.populationexplorer.com), which has become a standard for quickly analysing the impact of disasters around the world.