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Development Pathways
Driven by evidence, focused on solutions

Development Pathways ■ Driven by evidence, focused on solutions
OUR MISSION
To provide creative, evidence-based
and context-specific solutions to the social
and economic challenges faced by low-and
middle-income countries.
WHO WE ARE
Our research
in Karamoja
resulted in
innovative
proposals to
address risks
citizens face
across the
lifecycle
Workshop for our
research on the
food security risks
faced by different
refugee groups
Development Pathways is a unique blend
of consultancy firm and cutting-edge thinktank,
with offices in the UK and Kenya. We’ve
developed a wealth of experience in supporting
robust social and economic strategies and
programmes across Africa, Asia, Latin America
and the Pacific, underpinned by our team of
world-leading technical experts and network
of consultants.
We’re focused on delivering high-quality
and cost-effective services to clients while
generating innovative thinking grounded in
evidence and rooted in countries’ realities.
COUNTRIES
29
International firm
with projects in
29 countries
OUR SERVICES
We offer expertise and a strong track-record
across a wide range of areas including:
● Social and economic analysis, including
both quantitative and qualitative research;
● Policy advice and research on social
protection, and cash transfer programme
design and management;
● Strategy-building for social development,
with a particular focus on gender, disability,
ageing, child rights and social inclusion;
● Social support services in humanitarian
and refugee contexts;
● MIS Development with extensive
experience of installing and maintaining
management information databases that
enhance the effective delivery of social
services;
● Capacity building and training
on key social development and social
protection issues;
● Measuring Impact including monitoring
and evaluation.
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Development Pathways ■ Driven by evidence, focused on solutions
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Undertook research on how
social protection can be
made more inclusive of
persons with disabilities,
with a number of country
case studies, eg. Brazil.
CASH TRANSFER DESIGN
A project to design a new cash
transfer for young children for
UNICEF Angola, on behalf of
the Government of Angola, with
the involvement of our technical
team and operational specialists.
EXPANDING SOCIAL PROTECTION
Helping to develop a comprehensive national system for Uganda, spearheading
cash transfer pilots, while building capacity and commitment, for DFID.
CHILD RIGHTS REVIEW
Established progress
with realising the rights
of children in South Africa
in a project for UNICEF.
POLICY AND
FINANCING
Assessed impacts
of social protection
and produced new
policy proposals
and financing
options. For UNDP.
SDGs BASELINE
REPORT
Provided a full account
of the situation
Indonesia’s children
are in to measure
SDG progress against,
breaking down data
to shed light on
particularly vulnerable
groups.
PACIFIC CHILD PROTECTION
Reviewed Australia’s child protection
programme to strengthen systems to
prevent and respond to violence and
abuse against children in Kiribati,
Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
TRAINING IN MIS
Delivered training to equip
social protection experts with
technical knowledge on social
protection MIS, in Ethiopia, on
behalf of UNICEF and at the
request of the African Union.
SYSTEM REFORM
Worked with
UNICEF and UNDP
to support reform of
Uzbekistan’s social
protection system,
enhancing programme
child sensitivity,
strengthening MISs,
and introducing
governance reforms.
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Development Pathways ■ Driven by evidence, focused on solutions
EXPERIENCE SNAPSHOT
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
We undertook quantitative and qualitative
research in the Karamoja region of Uganda,
developing innovative proposals to address
risks and vulnerabilities across the lifecycle.
POLICY DEVELOPMENT
We’ve worked with many governments to
develop their policies on social protection,
including Bangladesh, Vietnam, Kenya,
Uganda, Rwanda and Lesotho. As a result, the
KENYA
policies better support the most vulnerable,
are gender- and disability-sensitive
and will have inceased impacts on poverty
and inequality.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE DESIGN
AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL
PROTECTION PROGRAMMES
We have designed and supported the
implementation of a number of cash
transfer programmes, including Lao
PDR’s Graduation scheme, Uganda’s
Senior Citizens’ Grant, and a child
benefit in Angola.
We created a public portal
for the Single Registry
we designed for the
Government of
Kenya
Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Uganda and Rwanda.
We designed Kenya’s Single Registry, an
innovative electronic warehouse bringing
together information on all of the country’s
social protection schemes, allowing better
co-ordination and monitoring.
RESEARCH
Recent research projects include: examining
social accountability within social protection;
identifying good practice in increasing the
inclusion of persons with disabilities in social
protection schemes; and the impacts of
graduation schemes.
TRAINING
We have provided many training courses
on social protection and poverty analysis,
including in Lao PDR, Nepal, Timor Leste,
Uganda, Indonesia, Rwanda and Kenya.
HUMANITARIAN AND REFUGEE
ASSISTANCE
We provide technical support to Kenya’s
Hunger Safety Net Programme, which has
developed innovative approaches to making
emergency payments to all households in
northern Kenya, when drought hits.
481,000
Kenyans we supported the
Government to register for social
pension in two months
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
SYSTEMS
We have built MISs for a range of
social protection and education
programmes, including in Liberia,
Based on our extensive quantitative and
qualitative research among Uganda’s
refugee population, we designed alternative
targeting mechanisms for the delivery of food
assistance, in the context of limited funding.
At work in Kenya’s Single Registry server room, supporting
co-ordination of the nation’s social protection programmes
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