Advisory

We build long-term learning and research advisory partnerships with development organizations, NGOs, social enterprises, and government agencies. As a learning partner, Laterite supports organizations to design learning strategies that directly feed into their operations. Laterite can support the design of research and evaluation projects; train research teams in all stages of the monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) cycle; and provide additional research capabilities where needed.

Our embedded research advisory service empowers our clients to make the most out of their data. Through this service, we embed a Laterite researcher or team of researchers to work directly with the client’s research or MEL team.  Working closely together, we equip our clients with the tools to design and implement a rigorous research and learning agenda that helps further their mission.

A decision-focused research approach aims to build a tailored research and learning agenda that rapidly puts usable evidence in the hands of organizations. We co-design the approach with organizations based on their goals and capacities. Rather than being tied to a particular research methodology, this approach aims to help organizations make evidence-based decisions about project implementation, and ultimately deliver better products to their clients.