Approach

Innovating solutions for a changing world

Cutting-edge Solutions

DeftEdge helps organizations address complex issues from UN reforms and international money laundering to restructuring field operations and planning for a more sustainable agriculture.

On the Ground

DeftEdge and its associates have extensive experience managing international organizations, innovating in government, designing M&E systems, and undertaking evaluations on five continents. Our broad portfolio ranges from strategic evaluations of UN systems to assessing the impact of INGOs working to transform rural agriculture systems and gender norms.

Benchmarking and Setting Standards

DeftEdge has been entrusted with assessing the quality of evaluations and evaluation systems at organizations such as ILO, UNCEF, UNFPA and UNODC.

Breadth of Work

DeftEdge has helped over 100 organizations manage for results, hone their practice, and articulate their success. These include the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), Earth  Rights International (ERI), START, New Economic Partnership for Africa’s  Development (NEPAD), African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), The  Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), Organization for  Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSDW), International Council  for Science (ICSU), International Vaccine Institute (IVI),  International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), the  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), the European  and Developing Country Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP),  International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research (icddr,b) and  INDEPTH network.