Sectors
Global Health and Development
We work with clients worldwide to apply innovative data analytics and proven research and evaluation methods that turn development investments into measurable impact.
Learn more about our global capabilities, services, and projects.
From investment to impact: Improving lives, promoting economic growth, and strengthening global stability
Global development organizations rely on trusted evidence and insights to guide decisions, strengthen programs, and deliver better outcomes. Mathematica’s Global Practice partners with governments, NGOs, foundations, and multilateral institutions in more than 90 countries, bringing deep sector and methodological expertise to their work. We transform evidence into action across partners, countries, and sectors—including agriculture and food systems, education and workforce development, energy, health and nutrition, and water and sanitation.
Organizations We’ve Served
Our Approach
Our approach combines rigorous data collection and analysis with flexible, collaborative engagement, keeping our clients' goals at the heart of our work. We are passionate about using evidence to drive better policies, smarter programs, groundbreaking solutions, and transformative partnerships.
Driven by Your Goals, Powered by Evidence
Integrated Expertise: Our experts bring deep knowledge across disciplines, regions, and methodologies—ensuring we meet each client’s unique needs with precision and depth.
End-to-End Support: From initial design through final assessment, we immerse ourselves in our clients’ work, offering nuanced guidance and tailored approaches that foster agility, innovation, and real results.
Building Evidence Capacity: We don’t just deliver insights—we help our clients create organizational cultures and capacity for evidence use and learning to sustain evidence-driven decision-making.
Holistic Ecosystem Engagement: We go beyond traditional research and integrate qualitative and quantitative knowledge, scientific evidence, and local expertise to understand what works and support effective learning that drives the best possible outcomes.
Commitment to Innovation: We invest in cutting-edge digital tools, analytics, and technologies, optimizing cost-efficiency, effectiveness, and impact through smarter data-driven decisions.
Strong Partnerships: We collaborate with a broad network of global and local experts to integrate contextual, technical, and on-the-ground experience into decisions.
Our Services
We use analytical tools and models for ongoing measurement and learning to help inform how clients make progress.
- Landscape scans, stakeholder mapping, and evidence reviews
- Predictive analytics and modeling
- Theories of change development
Our MERL framework design helps clients strengthen their learning practices, define learning agendas, and develop portfolio- or organization-wide evidence frameworks.
- Learning agendas
- Indicator framework development
We help organizations use data and evidence in real time to drive adaptive management, support informed decisions, and build capacity.
- Rapid-cycle evaluation
- Cross-portfolio performance monitoring
- MIS platforms and dashboards
- Learning capture for decision-making
We uncover action-ready insights through evaluations and analytics, helping clients determine what works, what doesn’t, and how to scale for maximum impact.
- Rigorous impact and performance evaluations
- Strategy reviews and portfolio evaluations
- Theory-based evaluations for complex initiatives and systems change
- Cost analysis and cost evaluation
- Case studies
We collaborate with clients and partners to make data and findings available and useful to shape policy, guide investment, and drive meaningful improvements.
- Structured learning and sensemaking workshops and activities
- Internal products and presentations for leadership and boards
- Peer-reviewed publications and learning products for policymakers and practitioners
- Data visualization
- Multimedia content and social media support
Evidence & Insights
Blog Post
Increasing the Resilience of African Smallholder Farmers
On this episode of Mathematica’s On the Evidence podcast, Dr. Agnes Kalibata, the former president of AGRA, discusses the need for innovative, data-driven approaches to improve agriculture across the continent.
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