We support international organizations and other development agencies in:

• Market System Analysis - Evaluating market dynamics, barriers, and opportunities for development-focused solutions like renewable energy technologies, efficient heating systems, and financial instruments in emerging markets.

• Value Chain Assessment - Analyzing entire value chains to identify intervention points for market development, focusing on sustainability and local economic impact.

• Cost-benefit Studies - Conducting comprehensive analyses of market readiness for innovative solutions, including:

  • Assessment of market demand and willingness to pay

  • Evaluation of regulatory frameworks

  • Analysis of existing market players and potential partners

  • Identification of market barriers and development opportunities

• Private Sector Market Analysis - Our market research helps private companies understand:

  • Market size and structure analysis

  • Competition assessment

  • Consumer behavior and preferences

  • Market barriers and opportunities

  • Regulatory environment evaluation

We combine rigorous quantitative analysis with qualitative research methods, leveraging both local expertise and international best practices. Our approach ensures that market development initiatives are sustainable, locally appropriate, and aligned with development goals.

Our team has extensive experience working with development organizations across various sectors, particularly in energy efficiency, sustainable agriculture, and financial markets development.

In addition to market research, we specialize in measuring and analyzing market as well as organizational efficiency using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), a powerful mathematical technique that helps identify best practices and improvement opportunities. Our approach evaluates how effectively markets or organizations transform their resources into desired outcomes, considering multiple inputs and outputs simultaneously.

Through DEA, we create a comprehensive efficiency frontier that represents optimal performance levels, allowing us to benchmark markets and organizations against their most efficient peers. This method is particularly valuable for development organizations and public institutions where traditional profit-based metrics may not capture the full scope of their impact.

Our efficiency analysis goes beyond simple input-output ratios. We examine scale efficiency to determine optimal operational size, track productivity changes over time using the Malmquist index, and identify specific improvements needed for each organization to reach peak efficiency.

We've successfully applied DEA across diverse sectors – from analyzing the efficiency of foreign direct aid over the years in Eastern European countries to evaluating ____. Our analyses help development organizations optimize their resource allocation and maximize their social impact while maintaining financial sustainability.

By combining DEA with our market research expertise, we provide actionable recommendations that consider both operational efficiency and market context, ensuring sustainable improvements aligned with organizational goals and development objectives.