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Technical Support & Evidence Generation
At SPRI Global, evidence is at the heart of everything we do. We generate high-quality, policy-relevant research that supports decision-makers in designing effective, data-driven social policies and programs. Our work includes both independent research initiatives driven by pressing global challenges, as well as commissioned studies in collaboration with governments, UN agencies, and development partners. Our research does not remain in academic circles; it is designed for practical application. Our work includes:
- Conducting monetary and multidimensional poverty analysis,
- Developing policy simulations, costings, and impact evaluations
- Designing interactive data platforms for monitoring indicators and targets.
- Engaging in longitudinal studies and trend analyses
Capacity Building
We believe that building knowledge and technical capacity is essential to ensuring the long-term sustainability of social protection systems and poverty reduction policies. We believe in empowering stakeholders with the skills and tools to design, implement, and monitor effective social policies that are socially relevant and useful in their national contexts. To expand the reach and accessibility of our capacity-building efforts, we provide digital
platforms and e-learning solutions. We specialise in:
- Conducting specialised training workshops
- Developing tailored capacity-building programmes
- Offering courses in social protection policy design and research techniques
- Collaborating with universities to integrate social protection into academic programmes
Policy Analysis & Advice
We work closely with governments, UN agencies, and development partners to provide
evidence-based policy advice that enhances social protection systems and reduces
vulnerabilities. Our work is rooted in data-driven insights that help to make informed
decisions which strengthen national social protection systems, reduce poverty, promote
equity and inclusion, and support sustainable, long-term development. Our policy support includes:
- Designing, reforming and assessing social protection systems,
- Conducting rigorous analyses of poverty and inequality
- Building adaptive, shock-responsive systems for resilience
- Strengthening public finance for social policy
- Implementing monitoring frameworks and impact evaluations
- Developing gender and inclusion strategies
Advocacy
Beyond research and technical support, SPRI Global actively advocates for evidence-based
policymaking at national and international levels. Through engagement with policymakers, civil society, and development partners, we work to influence policy discussions and drive action. We provide economical and feasible solutions that account for society’s most vulnerable
groups, including children, women and girls, the elderly, and other marginalised groups. Our approach includes:
- Supporting national dialogues and consultations to integrate evidence-based solutions.
- Engaging in high-level policy forums, conferences, and advisory groups.
- Developing policy briefs, reports, and interactive tools.
- Promoting equity and social justice by advocating for inclusive policies.
- Providing advisory support to international organisations.
- Facilitating cross-sector collaboration.
Social Protection
Social protection plays a critical role in reducing vulnerability and building resilience against economic, social, and environmental shocks.
We support governments, development partners, and policymakers in:
- Designing and reforming national social protection systems to be inclusive, effective, and sustainable.
- Strengthening financing and delivery mechanisms to ensure social safety nets reach those most in need.
- Developing adaptive social protection measures that respond to climate risks, economic shocks, and humanitarian crises.
- Building capacities of stakeholders to improve policy implementation and social assistance programmes.
Social protection is more than just safety nets—it is a catalyst for long-term economic growth, human capital development, and social stability.
Poverty and Inequality
Despite global progress, poverty and inequality remain persistent challenges that disproportionately affect women, children, and marginalized communities.
At SPRI Global, we conduct:
- Monetary and multidimensional poverty assessments to capture the full scope of deprivation beyond income levels.
- Inequality studies that examine disparities in access to essential services like education, healthcare, and social protection.
- Policy impact evaluations to ensure interventions effectively reduce poverty and address structural inequalities.
- Context-driven research to provide actionable recommendations for governments and development agencies.
By understanding poverty through a multidimensional lens, we advocate for policies that not only alleviate financial hardship but also enhance access to opportunities and promote social mobility.
Child Rights and Well-Being
Children are at the heart of our mission, as they are the most vulnerable to the effects of poverty and inequality.
Through our research and advisory work, we work to:
- Improve child-focused policies by using tools like Multiple Overlapping Deprivation Analysis (MODA) to measure multidimensional child poverty.
- Enhance child protection systems to prevent exploitation, abuse, and neglect.
- Advocate for investments in early childhood development, education, healthcare, and nutrition.
- Support social protection systems that prioritise children, including cash transfers, school feeding programmes, and universal child benefits.
Ensuring every child has access to a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment is fundamental to building stronger societies and sustainable development.
Climate Change and Environmental Shocks
Climate change is intensifying vulnerabilities and deepening inequalities, with the poorest and most marginalised communities bearing the greatest burden.
Extreme weather events, environmental degradation, and climate-induced displacement threaten decades of development progress. At SPRI Global, we work to:
- Design climate-smart and shock-responsive social protection systems that anticipate and respond to environmental crises.
- Conduct climate vulnerability assessments using geospatial analysis and big data to identify populations most at risk from climate hazards.
- Develop anticipatory action frameworks that enable governments to act before climate shocks occur, protecting vulnerable households from falling into poverty.
- Integrate climate considerations into poverty analysis and policy design, ensuring social protection systems build long-term resilience against environmental risks.
- Support the development of adaptive financing mechanisms that can scale up support rapidly in response to climate emergencies.
- Analyse the intersection of climate change with poverty, inequality, and child well-being, ensuring climate policies protect the most vulnerable.
Climate change is not just an environmental issue—it is a social protection imperative. By building climate-resilient safety nets, we help communities withstand shocks, recover faster, and adapt to a changing world while protecting hard-won development gains.
Gender, Inclusion and Social Equity
Gender inequality and social exclusion undermine development outcomes and perpetuate poverty across generations.
Women, girls, persons with disabilities, and marginalised groups face systemic barriers that limit their access to opportunities, services, and protection. Our work seeks to:
- Conduct gender-responsive policy analysis to identify gaps in social protection coverage and design interventions that address women’s and girls’ specific needs.
- Develop disability-inclusive social protection systems using tools like the Washington Group questions to ensure policies reach persons with disabilities.
- Apply an intersectional lens to poverty and vulnerability analysis, recognising how gender, disability, age, ethnicity, and other factors combine to create unique disadvantages.
- Strengthen women’s economic empowerment through integrated approaches that link cash transfers with livelihood support, childcare, and protection services.
- Advocate for universal and life-cycle social protection that addresses gender-specific risks at different life stages, from adolescence through old age.
- Build evidence on what works to reduce gender inequalities, including evaluations of gender-transformative programming and social norm change interventions.
- Support governments in developing gender budgeting and equity-focused financing to ensure adequate resources reach women, girls, and marginalised groups.
True equity requires intentional design. By centring gender and inclusion in all our work, we help create social protection systems that empower everyone, particularly those who have been historically excluded, to claim their rights and reach their full potential.
Digital Innovation, AI and Data Systems
Digital technologies and artificial intelligence are transforming how social protection systems operate, offering unprecedented opportunities to improve targeting, delivery, and monitoring whilst also presenting new risks of exclusion and data misuse.
At SPRI Global, we harness digital innovation and AI responsibly with the objective to:
- Design and implement interactive data platforms and dashboards for real-time monitoring of social protection coverage, poverty indicators, and SDG progress.
- Apply artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyse complex datasets, identify vulnerable populations, predict emerging risks (such as climate shocks or poverty escalation), and optimise policy responses.
- Leverage AI-powered predictive analytics to support anticipatory action and early warning systems, enabling governments to intervene before crises deepen.
- Support the development of digital social registries and management information systems (MIS) that improve programme efficiency whilst protecting beneficiary privacy and rights.
- Conduct geospatial analysis and satellite imagery interpretation using AI to map vulnerabilities, climate risks, and service gaps, enabling evidence-based policy planning and resource allocation.
- Explore natural language processing (NLP) to analyse qualitative data from beneficiary feedback, programme evaluations, and policy documents at scale.
- Support the digitalisation of cash transfer programmes whilst ensuring digital payment systems are accessible, secure, and inclusive for all beneficiaries.
- Evaluate digital and AI inclusion challenges, identifying barriers faced by women, elderly persons, persons with disabilities, and those in remote areas, whilst examining algorithmic bias and fairness.
- Promote responsible AI frameworks and data governance that balance innovation with ethical considerations, transparency, accountability, data protection, and human rights safeguards.
- Build capacity in data literacy, AI understanding, and digital tools amongst government staff, researchers, and civil society to strengthen evidence-based policymaking.
Digital innovation and AI are not ends in themselves, but powerful tools for achieving more inclusive, responsive, and effective social policies. By combining technological advances with human-centred design and ethical safeguards, we ensure digital transformation serves people, instead of the other way round.