Our Projects
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Year 2012-2013
Country Somalia
Client
Somaliland Household and Small & Medium Enterprise Survey
Large-Scale Surveys PROJECTS
The World Bank contracted Kimetrica to conduct the Somaliland Enterprise Survey, which included both household interviews and interviews of registered businesses in Somaliland. Over 1,500 households and 500 enterprises were sampled among 12 clusters. Kimetrica developed a registry of enterprises, corroborated the registry through phone calls and on-site visits, and completed a final registration using mobile teams. The work included questionnaire piloting, a public awareness campaign, survey training, and field enumeration. The study found that most firms in Somaliland are sole proprietorship firms. Foreign direct investment was low; however, the majority of business owners interviewed relied, to some degree, on remittances from family members living outside of Somaliland. Female business ownership was also very limited in part due to limited access to financing and micro-loans. The study found that access to finance was the single biggest obstacle to business expansion.
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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 Bangladesh
Client
Feed the Future Monitoring and Evaluation System Design and Initiation
Research and Evaluation PROJECTS
As part of the Feed the Future (FTF) initiative, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bangladesh commissioned a review of its performance metrics and monitoring and evaluation systems (M&E). Kimetrica was contracted to conduct an analysis of the existing state of performance monitoring, both at the USAID Mission and among implementing partners. The analysis and recommendations provided USAID with a web-based performance management and reporting system framework that could be implemented across USAID Bangladesh. It included web-based reporting software to allow implementing partners to feed results data into USAID’s reporting mechanism; process enhancement to ensure that implementing partners improved data collection for FTF results indicators; and training and capacity development of Mission staff and partners in the M&E systems.
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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.
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Year 2012
Country Kenya
Client
Enhancing Early Warning and Contingency Planning in Kenya
Information Management PROJECTS
Since 2008, Kimetrica has been working with the Government of Kenya (GOK) to enhance its ability to analyse early warning data, develop contingency plans, and implement disaster mitigation activities. Under the European Union’s Drought Management Initiative, Kimetrica trained district officials in the use of Kimetrica’s commercial disaster management software, Crisis ToolkitTM. The toolkit includes easy-to-use modules for hazard early warning, disaster assessment, contingency planning, response coordination, disaster preparedness and risk reduction, and emergency fund management. Training by Kimetrica’s disaster management team covered processes and methods for contingency planning, including modules on early warning, early warning triggers, institutional management, hazard mitigation, and financial and technical aspects of mitigative responses to various emergencies. The use of Crisis Toolkit™ at the district level allowed the GOK to monitor and respond to crises in near real time.
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Year 2011-2014
Country Tanzania
Client
Tanzania Staples Value Chain (NAFAKA)
Information Management PROJECTS
Tanzania Staples Value Chain (NAFAKA) was a United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded program to improve smallholder farmers’ productivity and profitability in maize and rice value chains in targeted districts of Tanzania. Working with rural communities and the Tanzanian Ministry of Agriculture, the program focused on improving productivity, increasing incomes, improving competitiveness and trade, and fostering an increase in investment and innovation. As the principal partner on results assessment, Kimetrica conducted a 2,000-household baseline survey and designed the project monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system, based on Kimetrica’s commercial M&E software, ki-projects™. Kimetrica’s M&E team worked to build the capacity of project and partner staff in results based management and principles of M&E, including the design of results frameworks, monitoring questionnaires, data analysis and M&E reporting. The results framework and M&E tools provided critical input to program management decisions that were focused on achieving the greatest results with the resources at hand.
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Year 2011-2015
Country Malawi
Client
Supply Chain Management System: Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets
Information Management PROJECTS
Malaria affects approximately half of the world’s population, but the highest number of deaths is among children under five in Sub-Saharan Africa. Under a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) project, Populations Services International, Inc. (PSI) distributed long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets (LLINs), for free or at highly subsidised prices, through mass campaigns, routine health facility-based distributions, community health workers, and the private sector. Kimetrica was contracted to provide a customised version of its commercial supply chain management software, ki-suppliesTM, to manage the distribution of LLINs. The software was accessible to all stakeholders and capable of accurately tracking and verifying LLIN delivery. The software database integrated the pre-existing paper-based tracking systems by creating an electronic record of each LLIN. Each stakeholder, including USAID, the Malawi Ministry of Health, and other partners, could access the system and view the location of each LLIN, from initial arrival at the port to final delivery at a clinic.
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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.