WISE Development Ltd Examples of Assignments undertaken by WISE Associates since 2000: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: includes private sector development (PSD), SME and entrepreneurship development, trade and market issues, sustainable livelihoods, micro finance, fair trade, agribusiness, business development & support services (BDS)
Country / type of work	Agency & date	Description	* Under-taken by
Sub-Saharan Africa
Tanzania	Govt of Tanzania; BEST programme Feb 2008	Development of M&E framework for second phase of BEST programme	CP
Tanzania	Govt of Tanzania; BEST programme Sept-Oct 2007	Screening of BEST business environment programme from gender perspective for integration into programme strategy and M&E system	CP
Ethiopia & Kenya (pilots for global application) Gender & Value Chains	ILO Jan – April 2007	Continuation of work for ILO Oct-Nov 2005 on developing a Guide for integrating gender in Value Chains Analysis; now piloting the guide in two SSA countries, reviewing and finalising for global application.	LM
Port Sudan Programme Evaluation	Micro Finance Institution April 2006	Evaluation of “Learning for Empowerment Against Poverty” programme for women’s empowerment through micro-finance in Port Sudan.	LM
Benin & Burkina Faso Writing a participatory methods manual	Partenariat du Developpement Municipal March - Aug 2006	Participatory Methods for Local Economic Development for Partenariat du Developpement Municipal, Benin helping to write a Manual for increasing participation in local economic development planning.	LM
Tanzania Programme evaluation	CARE Tanzania Oct-Nov 2005	Evaluating and documenting lessons learnt from two livelihood programmes in Mwanza District.	CP
Malawi Programme lesson learning	CARE Malawi July – Aug 2005	July/Aug 2005: CARE Malawi – Documenting lessons learnt from Livelihood Security Programme for contributing to design of subsequent phase of programme focusing on livelihoods of PLWHA.	CP
Tanzania Masters Programme in Entrepreneurship	University of Dar es Salaam June 2005 - ongoing	Member of an international team designing and delivering a masters programme aimed at developing change agents amongst the enterprise sector in Tanzania.	PR
Uganda Programme Evaluation	HIVOS / Kabarole Research & Resource Centre May – June 2005	Evaluation of MF programme with recommendations on ways forward to increase financial sustainability and member benefits, including further development of the Participatory Action Learning System (PALS) methodology.	LM
Uganda Developing M&E Strategy	DFID / Government of Uganda Nov 2004	Review of Government of Uganda’s Medium Term Competitiveness Strategy Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, consultation on same with stakeholders, making recommendations for it’s improvement and implementation	CP
Malawi Research into routes out of poverty	CARE Malawi Nov 2003; Feb-June 2004	“Economic Pathways”- research into impacts of the recent food emergency in Malawi and potential routes out of poverty for very poor people eg via public works & other safety net programmes (CARE International, as part of Southern Africa-wide study funded by Gates Foundation).	CP
Sudan Programme design, advice and monitoring	NOVIB April 2003 - 2007	Learning For Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP): To design, advise and monitor the LEAP project for poverty-targeted micro-finance and Women's Centres aiming to empower of very poor women in Port Sudan. Included training material for empowerment, organizational development, client assessment and impact assessment, web design, fundraising and workshop facilitation.	LM
Tanzania Performance Evaluation of Entrepreneurship Centre	Dutch Government & University of Dar es Salaam Jan 2004	Head of a research team evaluating the impact and performance of University Entrepreneurship Centre in Tanzania. This was 4-year programme looking at institution capacity building for the development of entrepreneurship-related support services for university and private sector markets. The report had strategic recommendations to Nuffic (the Dutch Government) as to their future role in supporting Higher Education programmes in Africa.	PR
Malawi Programme Appraisal	DFID Malawi Jan 2004	Social Development Consultant in Appraisal team reviewing proposed programme for development of market and trading opportunities for groundnuts and other cash crops.	CP
South Africa Programme review and design of further stages	CARE Lesotho & South Africa Feb – Sept 2003	LEAP (Local Economic Analysis to Promote demand driven enterprise development):- i) Feb-March 2003: Strategic Review of LEAP ii) June 2003: Drafting programme proposal for submission to USAID for funding iii) Sept 2003: Concluding impact assessment and analysis of lessons learnt from pilot phase of LEAP for programme scale-up; design LEAP Phase 2	CP
Zambia Policy review	DFID Zambia Jan-Feb 2003	Social development consultant / team leader for review and assessment of socio-economic impact of government policies for promotion of commercial agriculture on rural poor & other vulnerable groups	CP
Malawi Longitudinal M&E, and impact assessment	Traidcraft (UK) and DFID Malawi 2001 - 2006	Team leader of a research team working with two enterprise development organisations in Malawi looking at the impact of their work on poverty and poor people over a four year period. A longitudinal study with intermediary results contributing to adaptation of existing services and development of new services.	PR
Malawi Design impact assessment	Concern Universal Nov 2002	CU Micro-finance Organisation (CUMO): design of client-participatory socio-economic impact assessment system	CP
Angola Programme Case Study & Evaluation	One World Action Feb – April 2002	Microfinance and urban poverty reduction: the Sustainable Livelihoods Project, Angola: Evaluation for Development Workshop, and to write a case study of the programme	LM
Zambia Gender mainstreaming	CARE Zambia Feb – March 2002	Research into institutionalisation of gender supportive policies and practices in CARE Zambia’s economic activity development programmes	CP
Tanzania, Ethiopia and Zambia	ILO Geneva & Irish Aid Dec 2001 – April 2003	Senior consultant /joint team leader for a three country, 18 month action research programme looking at the role and relevance of gender for enterprise development and job creation in Ethiopia, Zambia and Tanzania. Included practical recommendations, and already the Tanzanian Government have integrated gender issues into their new Small Enterprise Policy, which includes financial reform and introduced new business services.	PR
Eritrea and Mauritania Social assessment of desert locust control programme	DFID / OPM Dec 2001 – Feb 2002	Carried out social research into the effects of the desert locust on poor farmers in order to provide an assessment of the benefits of a global desert locust control programme. Using participatory methodologies, held discussions with poor farmers in areas affected by the desert locust, as well as relevant government stakeholders.	HM
Malawi Programme Impact Assessment	CARE Malawi Sept / Oct 2001	Impact Assessment of CARE’s CRIMP programme involving analyses of impacts on household livelihood strategies through participatory monitoring, evaluation and learning methodologies.	CP
South Africa Design of training programme for business counsellors	CARE & Mineworkers Development Agency Feb 2001	Design of Enterprise Development component in CARE's Household Livelihood Strategy, then training in same with MDA's Business Trainers & Counsellors: CARE International & Mineworkers Development Agency (South Africa)	CP
Zambia Scoping mission	DFID April 2000	April 2000: Scoping mission to assess potential to support local agencies involved in urban livelihoods in Zambia Copperbelt region where large scale retrenchment is taking place in copper mining industry (DFID-CA)	CP
South Africa Gender appraisal; programme impact assessment & OD review	Mineworkers Development Agency (MDA) & DFID-SA 1998 - 2000	i) Gender Appraisal (Nov/Dec 1998) ii) Mid-term Project Review and Evaluation of MDA’s rural enterprise training and enterprise development programme (Sept/Oct 1999) iii) Facilitation of programme design for MDA’s Phase II funding, including logical framework, support for strategic and financial planning with MDA management, staff and board members. (Jan/Mar 2000) iv) Impact Assessment of MDA’s Training and Enterprise Development Strategy (Feb/Mar 2000) v) Organisational Review of MDA’s Head Office Units (March/April 2000)	CP
South Africa Impact assessment	DFID May/June 2000 & May 2001	May/June 2000; with follow-up training workshops May 2001: Development of baseline indicators and data collection methods for ongoing social impact study of the national Small Business Development Project (comprising 5 NGO’s providing enterprise training and support services across South Africa.)	CP
Central, South and South East Asia
Nepal Micro-finance for women’s empowerment	Society for Partners in Development, Kathmandu Jan 2007	Co-facilitating a workshop on Micro-Finance for Women’s Empowerment, and contributing to design of an IFAD project.	LM
India Development of best practice and information resource	Levi Strauss Foundation May – Dec 2006	Gender and micro-finance in India: forthcoming website and workshop facilitation; documentation to facilitate exchange of best practice in India on gender and micro-finance to develop a strong South Asia network and internet resource for information exchange and as an input to the Micro Credit Summit + 10.	LM
Bangladesh Strategic review & learning exercise	CARE Bangladesh Feb 2006	To conduct a strategic review and reflective learning exercise with a livelihoods project that will contribute to design of a new livelihoods programme targeted at ultra poor (urban & rural).	CP
Pakistan Design of training courses in micro finance for women’s empowerment	Aga Khan Foundation Canada, and Pakistan Microfinance Network	To design two Powerpoint-based training courses for t Pakistan Micro-finance Network and other organizations in gender issues in micro-finance and innovations to make micro-finance more empowering for women; to write the training Manuals for CD-Rom including multimedia content; to conduct pilot trainings and one training of trainers; to design web material based on the training.	LM
Central Asia Analysis of socio-economic changes in region	DFID / ERM Dec 2003	Rural and Urban Change Processes in Central Asia: provided an analysis of significant changes occurring in the region in labour markets and investment patterns, livelihood diversification, urbanisation patterns, rural-urban linkages and related social and political changes.	HM
Bangladesh Social development support to agricultural reform project	DFID / HTS Feb – March 2002	Supported the national Social Development Consultant in an understanding of the key social development issues relevant to the project and identifying areas for prioritisation. Offered recommendations for appropriate entry points through which to mainstream social development themes throughout project components.	HM
India Development of training manual	CARE India Jan – May 2002	Microfinance for Women's Empowerment Training: Training and Manual funded by CARE-India. Facilitated three training workshops in India on methodologies for women's empowerment through micro-finance groups and developed a Manual based on the workshop outcomes.	LM
India Sustainable Learning for Women’s Empowerment	PRADAN / ICCO Sept 2001 – March 2002	Facilitated a conference on participatory learning systems for women's empowerment and enterprise development. Produced overview documentation and edited a book of papers based on the proceedings.	LM
Philippines Appraisal of Fair Trade Agency	Traidcraft / DFID 2001, 2003 & 2006	Appraisal of a Fair trade based business support agency based in Manila and covering all Philippines. The work involved helping the agency’s team to review their strategy and develop a 5 year action plan	PR
Nepal Ongoing review of 7-year rural access programme	DFID / WSP Ltd 2000 - current	A senior enterprise consultant with a multidisciplinary team (led by WSP Ltd) working on a seven year rural access programme where I advise on the integration of enterprise development activities into the programme.	PR
India Design of business services for SMEs	SIDBI 2000	Small Industries Development Bank of India - working with bankers from SIDBI to develop complementary business development services for MSES alongside their financial products	PR
Central & Eastern Europe, including transition economies & Former Soviet Union Republics
Ukraine Training in M&E and impact assessment	DFID March 2004	Training course in basic monitoring and evaluation, and impact assessment techniques for DFID’s programme partners in private sector development	CP
Ukraine Programme Impact Assessment	DFID May 2002 – Dec 2004	Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of DFID Ukraine’s projects in the Private Sector Development Programme:	CP
Kyrgyzstan Design of socio economic assessment	TACIS / Roughton International May – Nov 2000	Social Impact Assessment for a Road Project, Kyrgyz Republic. Results used to draw up a resettlement plan with recommendations for how the project could initiate pro-poor economic growth.	HM
UK, rest of Western Europe, North America & Canada, Australia & New Zealand
UK Workshop facilitation	Practical Action (formerly ITDG) June – Aug 2006	Facilitator of a) “Markets and Livelihoods Group” workshops for IDS Livelihoods Network (June in UK), and b) PA’s 5 Country Team Leaders “Market Programmes and Impact Assessment” Workshop (Aug in Sri Lanka)	CP
US (& Vietnam) Piloting Integrated Impact Assess-ment Approach	International Finance Corporation (IFC) & MPDF (Vietnam) March – May 2006	Piloting the Integrated Impact Assessment Approach in the context of Mekong Private Development Facility’s work with Binh Dinh Province on improving the business enabling environment; findings presented to IFC Conference in Washington in May	CP & PR
UK Design & delivery of training course