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Please reach us at jmbillson@gdiworld.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.

How do you know that your efforts are achieving the intended results? GDI has over 30 years of experience in evaluating programs, conferences, and workshops, all around the globe. We will help you maximize program effectiveness and meet evaluation requirements through comprehensive mid-point monitoring and final evaluation. In addition, using guided interviews, focus groups and surveys, we can do pre-test and post-test measurements to identify critical impacts. We can gather reliable feedback from stakeholders, implementers, and clients on strengths and challenges that reside in any program. Our evaluations have led to significant improvements in deliverables, from fine-tuning of materials to major restructuring of programs.How 


What are their interests? What services and supports do they receive from other organizations? What services are falling between the cracks? GDI will carefully explore constituent needs so that you can target programs, messages, and materials for greatest effectiveness. A good needs assessment leads to realistic organizational priorities.


Monitoring of programs, projects, conferences, and workshops affords critical opportunities to:

Fine-tune programs and avoid negative results

Shape outreach, delivery, and support to past, present, and potential users

Improve a program's recruitment, promotion, fundraising, and dissemination strategies

Craft very specific messages regarding those who have been affected by your program

Explain clearly how and why supporting the program in future holds added value for donors or grant-makers​


Our Clients

Since 1981

GDI is an international leader in conducting professional program evaluation research, education program evaluation, unique and systematic program evaluation methods, exceptional policy analysis, cutting-edge focus group training, effective TeamWork training, award-winning meeting facilitation and facilitation training, and top-flight organizational development studies, strategic planning, and needs assessments…etc. 

Our clients include Civil Society Organizations, universities, hospitals,

and international development organizations such as:


  • The World Bank Group
  • The Inter-American Development Bank
  • The African Development Bank
  • The United Nations (several agencies)
  • OECD
  • The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  • International Development Research Centre (Canada)
  • European Union
  • Czech Evaluation Society (and other professional evaluation associations)
  • Brown University, Harvard, George Washington, and many others...
  • Government agencies in USA, Canada, and Europe
  • Private sector enterprises

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Examples of GDI's Contribution to Evaluation Research

SOCIAL POLICY ANALYSIS 

From implementation of the World Bank's resettlement policy to the impact of hospital restructuring on nurses, GDI has examined complex issues with social science expertise. For this type of research, we use "triangulation" of methods (mixed methods), as appropriate, but especially focus groups, individual interviews, surveys, and analysis of existing data and organizational reports. 

Left, Dr. Billson speaking on data analysis at the European Union.

Below, Dr. Billson speaking on evaluation results, meeting, Czech Ministry of Evaluation    

NEEDS ASSESSMENTS How do you know what clients and stakeholders need? What are their interests? What services and supports do they receive from other organizations? What services are falling between the cracks? GDI will carefully explore constituent needs so that you can target programs, messages, and materials for greatest effectiveness. A good needs assessment leads to realistic organizational priorities.

Mock Focus Group at training for Nexxo (a non-profit organization dedicated to improving public educ

EXAMPLES OF GDI's REPORTS...

  • Engagement with GLOBAL CSOs, World Bank Education Specialists, IFC Management and Education Sector Staff, and Global Education Experts
  • World Bank Gender Strategy Mid-Term Review: Key Informant and Focus Group Interview Results
  • Strengthening Evaluation to Improve Development Results (Inter-American Development Bank)
  • The CIS Gender Mosaic: Baseline Data for the Twelve CIS Countries 1996-2008 (UNIFEM)
  • Fulbright Executive Directors Worldwide: Needs Assessment, Program Structure, and Final Evaluation, Canada-U.S. Educational Foundation (Canada/US Fulbright Program)
  • Minority Perceptions of Rhode Island's Court System (RI Supreme Court, Permanent Committee on Women and Minorities)
  • Improving America's Schools: A Needs Assessment (U.S. Department of Education)Evaluation of HIV/AIDS Services for Patients in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Office of HIV Planning, City of Philadelphia) 
  • Evaluation of UNESCAP's program to support Asian and Pacific countries in achieving the MDGs
  • “Review of the Women’s Rights and Citizenship Program Research Agenda—Latin America and the Caribbean, South/Southeast Asia, Middle East and North Africa,” International Development Research Centre (Canada)
  • Methodology Review: Assessing the Sustainability of Small-Scale Infrastructure funded by the Tanzania Social Fund through Focus Group Discussions (The World Bank)
  • Evaluations of university programs to facilitate transition to higher education (or college to graduate school) for minority and underserved populations (Harvard University, Brown University, etc.)

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