Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, Learning, and Adaptation (MERLA)
Our Core Offerings
At IP3 Consulting, we deliver tailored MERLA solutions to empower effective decision-making, enhance performance, and drive systemic change. Combining social science expertise, digital innovation, and adaptive learning, we help organizations achieve measurable impact across diverse sectors. Our MERLA services go beyond evaluation-empowering organizations with the tools, knowledge, and strategies needed to create sustainable, measurable change.
Our Distinctive Edge: Data-driven impact assessment frameworks, Globally benchmarked evaluation methodologies, Gender-inclusive impact analysis.
Impact Evaluation
Globally Benchmarked Methodologies for Informed Decision-Making
Key Services:
✅ Conducting rigorous outcome and impact evaluations,
leveraging quasi-experimental and counterfactual
methodologies to measure effectiveness and causal
attribution.
✅ Applying mixed-method frameworks, integrating
qualitative insights with quantitative techniques for holistic
impact assessments.
✅ Ensuring high-quality, globally benchmarked data
collection, adhering to World Bnk, OECD-DAC criteria,
Randomized methodologies, and DFID’s best practices.
✅ Implementing gender-transformative evaluation
approaches, identifying structural barriers and ensuring
equity-driven program improvements.
Monitoring & Results Measurement
Harnessing Real-Time Insights for Adaptive Program Management
Key Services:
✅ Designing & Deploying Secure, Scalable Data Systems –Developing context-specific, high-integrity data ecosystems that enhance decision-making, transparency, and accountability.
✅ Real-Time Monitoring & Predictive Analytics – Leveraging interactive dashboards, AI-powered analytics, and geospatial tools (e.g., GIS, remote sensing) for real-time program tracking and impact assessment.
✅ Capacity Building & Institutional Strengthening – Supporting national governments, donors, and development organizations in building resilient, high-quality monitoring frameworks, ensuring alignment with global standards like the Paris Agreement, SDGs, and ESG compliance
Our Distinctive Edge: Real-time monitoring systems,
Geospatial data integration, Adaptive management
dashboards
Our Distinctive Edge: Mixed-method evaluation design,
Context-specific MEL frameworks, Adaptive evaluation
for specific programs.
Fit-for-Purpose Evaluation
Tailored, Adaptive, and Data-Driven Evaluation for Complex Challenges
Key Services:
✅ Bespoke Mixed-Method Evaluation Design – Crafting customized evaluation frameworks that integrate advanced quantitative analytics (e.g., econometric modeling, statistical programming) with qualitative methodologies (e.g., Most Significant Change, participatory research) for holistic, context-specific insights.
✅ Sector-Specific Evaluation & Local Adaptation – Developing targeted evaluation approaches for key sectors, including climate resilience, global health (e.g., NTD programming), education, and sustainable development, ensuring alignment with regional priorities and national policies.
✅ Operational & Adaptive Research – Conducting real-time operational research to identify bottlenecks, enhance resource efficiency, and optimize implementation strategies, helping clients stay agile in evolving program landscapes.
Digital Monitoring Solutions
Harnessing AI, Automation, and Digital Transformation for Smarter Decision-Making
Key Services:
✅ AI-Powered Data Analytics & Predictive Modeling –Leveraging machine learning and AI-driven automation to enhance data accuracy, optimize trend forecasting, and support real-time decision-making.
✅ Scalable Digital Platforms & Visualization Dashboards –Deploying cost-effective, interactive data ecosystems that integrate custom analytics, stakeholder dashboards, and real-time performance tracking.
✅ IoT & ICT Integration for Seamless Data Collection – Utilizing Internet of Things (IoT) devices and digital reporting tools to ensure enhanced data integrity, minimize reporting delays, and drive operational efficiency.
Our Distinctive Edge: Real-time monitoring systems,
Geospatial data integration, Adaptive management
dashboards.
Our Distinctive Edge: Mixed-method evaluation design,
Context-specific MEL frameworks, Adaptive evaluation
for specific programs.
Action Research & Collaboration
Tailored Solutions for Complex Challenges
Key Services:
✅ Stakeholder-Led Knowledge Co-Creation – Implementing participatory action research models that engage local communities, policymakers, and institutions to generate locally relevant, data-driven solutions.
✅ Adaptive Learning & Iterative Strategy Refinement –Facilitating “Pause and Reflect” workshops, real-time program adaptation, and continuous learning cycles to enhance policy effectiveness and impact measurement.
✅ Multi-Level Knowledge Exchange for Scalable Solutions –
Aligning local insights with global development frameworks (e.g. UNFCCC, SDGs, Paris Agreement) through cross-sectoral
collaboration and institutional learning.
MERLA PROJECTS
Health Access and Linkage Opportunities for Workers [HALOW+ ] (2019)
IP3 Consulting played a key role in the HALOW+ Program, a multi-stakeholder initiative led by Marks & Spencer (M&S), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), PwC-UK, Care International, and Tufts University-USA to improve health service markets, worker well-being, and factory productivity in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) sector. Our experts developed data-driven business models, conducted rigorous impact evaluations, and introduced quantitative insights that reshaped industry strategies—driving factory investments in worker welfare, operational efficiency, and long-term sustainability
Transforming Urban Sanitation with Data-Driven Monitoring & Evaluation (2020)
IP3 Consulting designed the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) and Results Framework for the Dhaka Sewerage Improvement Project (DSIP), a five-year initiative aimed at enhancing sewerage networks, wastewater treatment, and non-network sanitation services. Our expertise in institutional capacity building, service delivery models, and performance measurement is helping DWASA streamline project implementation and optimize urban sanitation outcomes.
Accelerating Clean Energy Access Through Results-Based Financing (2018)
IP3 Consulting led the design and implementation of a results-based financing strategy for the Global Lighting & Energy Access Partnership (Global LEAP), fostering self-sustaining commercial markets for off-grid solar solutions. Our work included developing a four-year M&E framework, conducting cost-benefit analyses, and bridging viability gaps for Solar Home System (SHS) companies—accelerating market growth and expanding clean energy access for households and businesses