From designing survey instruments to analysing data collected in the field, our team has extensive experience conducting quantitative and qualitative surveys in West Africa.
Throughout the recruitment and training of enumerators, survey piloting and management of field deployments, we incorporate strict quality control mechanisms in our research process to ensure the data we collect is trustworthy.
We collect data using tablets, which allows our core team to review the data that has been uploaded at the end of each day, and randomly check-in on our field researchers.
We also offer pay incentives to our enumerators related to whether they administered their questionnaires properly or not.
Data Collection Services
• Quantitative data collection
• Focus group discussions and participatory research
• Mixed-method evaluations
• Data analysis
Frontier Research offers technical assistance services across a range of subject areas to development partners in West Africa.
Grounded by our experience and on-the-ground presence in the region, Frontier Research’s approach to technical assistance is informed by our understanding of the local political economy.
Overcoming obstacles to effective reform or realising development objectives aren’t simply a matter of adequate financing and technical expertise.
Appreciating the inter-play between politics and local economic dynamics is paramount to providing effective technical assistance.
Our team’s ability to combine their thematic expertise with local knowledge is at the core of the services we provide.
Natural Resource Governance
• Transparency and accountability in the extractives sector
• Supporting the EITI process in West Africa
• Stakeholder engagement in the mining sector
• Political economy analysis
• Risk analysis
Private Sector Management
• SME capacity development in fragile states
• Impact investing in conflict affected and fragile states
• Market analysis
• Business reform in conflict-affected and fragile states
Public Health
• Health systems strengthening
• Health financing
• Management and delivery of health services
• Performance based financing in the health sector
Financial Markets Development
• Conducting financial diagnostics
• Feasibility studies on introducing new mobile payments platforms in
• West African markets
• Analysis of large volume payment streams
• Regulatory reform advice in fragile states