Our Services

Impact Data Lab provides professional services in smart project planning, seamless field logistics, effective stakeholder engagement, efficient resource use, and expert IRB guidance—turning data into real impact.

We provide our skilled field teams, all necessary tools, local expertise and knowledge in order to guarantee the collection of accurate and reliable primary data.

• Grand Scale data collection: Impact Data Lab can swiftly deploy a team of hundreds of enumerators, field coordinators, and translators to carry out large-scale quantitative and qualitative data collection projects. We have experience in conducting fieldwork in isolated or hard to reach areas and managing intricate projects that address sensitive issues or involve vulnerable groups.
• SMS, hand held devices and Smartphone-based surveys: Impact Data Lab has the expertise, resources, and systems necessary to carry out large-scale surveys through smartphone and hand held devices. Our team is aware of how remote methodologies impact sampling and survey tools, and we can offer guidance on designing or adjusting research for this type of setting. We also have experience creating and running SMS-based surveys with a high response rate.
• Advanced data collection techniques and Method: We focus on using a variety of data collection methods, combining different tools and approaches such as anthropometric and biometric measurement, assessing early childhood development, observing classrooms, evaluating student learning, conducting behavioral change games, and monitoring environmental exposures.

We provide complete evaluation projects and collaborate with organizations to place evidence and insights at the heart of decision-making.

• Programs Evaluation and Performance: We focus on program evaluation methods, aiming to provide practical and actionable insights for our clients, ideally throughout the intervention rather than just at the end of the project. Our methods may involve detailed experiments, quasi-experiments, tracer studies, or process evaluations, with a strong preference for using mixed-method approaches. At Impact Data Lab, we are experts in the design and analysis of impact evaluations, covering health, gender, education, gender-based violence, and poverty reduction.
• Monitoring and Evaluation assessments: We make Monitoring and Evaluation seamless for our clients, enabling them to maximize impact of projects. Our expert uses tools that help deepen understanding of program participation and selection criteria, theories of change, gender-inclusive strategies, operational planning, and capacity-building approaches.
• Collaboration and Learning: We establish lasting partnerships focused on impact driven research with development organizations, NGOs, social enterprises, and government agencies. As a learning partner, Impact Data Lab helps organizations create learning strategies that perfectly align with their operations. We train research teams throughout the monitoring, evaluation, and learning process, and offer extra research support when required.

Our team collaborates with clients to unlock insights and value from data. We utilize a variety of analytical methods from diverse fields such as econometrics, data science, economic complexity, and network theory. We're committed to continuous innovation and prioritize making sure our research is relevant, timely, and tailored to meet the specific needs of our clients and the communities where we work.

• Impact Data Lab Smart knowledge centers: A major challenge for decision-makers in the health and development sector is the struggle to gain a comprehensive understanding of a topic or area of work. We are exploring how to leverage smart knowledge graphs and large language models (LLMs) to transform program or policy data into a searchable chat format, making it easier to access, collaborate, and gain insights that go beyond human capabilities through advanced knowledge hubs.
• Predictive-ai Simulation And Analytics: We apply predictive analytics and modeling methods to achieve various goals, such as identifying target groups, uncovering insights from new data, forecasting trends, and making future plans.
• Hardcopy data to Digital Dataset: We create systems that convert information from paper documents into structured datasets that can be easily analyzed and visualized. Impact Data Lab uses optical recognition technology, which can be applied to tasks like grading student assessments, tracking attendance, or extracting data from administrative records.
• Geospatial Data: Research is tied to specific geographic locations. Impact Data Lab has an extensive database of geospatial information from places where we operate. This includes data on terrain, population characteristics and density, nightlights, proximity to roads and cities, and vegetation indices, among other indicators. We incorporate geospatial statistics into our econometric analysis to better ground our results in their geographical context. This approach helps us improve our analysis and create impactful maps and tools to visualize key development indicators.
• Resources to Expedite Research: Designing and carrying out survey and research is time-consuming, with a significant portion spent on technical and repetitive tasks such as survey coding, data cleaning, and analyzing qualitative data. Impact Data Lab has discovered and created a range of tools to tackle these challenges in a timely manner, leveraging the latest cutting-edge and AI technologies.