Specializations

We specialize in two core areas of practice, education and economic empowerment, both of which rank high within the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda and are complementary to each other. Within these core areas, we examine the cross-cutting themes of climate change, inclusion (age, gender, and diversity mainstreaming), and resilience.

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Education in emergencies (EiE) 
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Early childhood education (ECE)
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Gender 
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Parental involvement 
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Non-state actors in education
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Upskilling and reskilling
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Private education
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Teacher migration
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Student engagement and retention
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Education

We value the important role education plays in developing well-rounded individuals, strengthening communities, and long-term growth and development.  Within our in education research and programming, we focus on a range of issues, including:

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Student achievement
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Socio-emotional learning (SEL)
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Teacher quality and effectiveness
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Education reform
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Artificial intelligence (AI) in education

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Lifelong learning
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Climate change
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Future foresight 
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Professional development for educators

Economic empowerment

We focus on empowering marginalized communities in emergency and developing country contexts to build sustainable livelihoods and become self-reliant. We have experience implementing, monitoring, and evaluating active labor market programs (ALMPs) including job matching interventions, skills-building, graduation approach programs, mentorship programs, behavioral interventions, and conditional and unconditional cash transfers with INGOs, NGOs, and government entities like ministries of labor and economy.