Services
What we do
We work with you to understand the background to your project and organisation, provide the experience and resources to support your activities, whatever the stage of development, and provide you with insights and feedback on how you are doing and where you need to focus.
Monitoring & Evaluation
We capture the right information to decide what works and why: improving management and delivery; identifying outcomes and impacts; and communicating value for money and benefits.
Value for Money
We help clients develop and implement the approaches to measure and communicate the economy, efficiency, effectiveness and equity of their projects and programmes.
Research & Benchmarking
Strengths in quantitative and qualitative analysis underpin our baselining of social, economic and market conditions and benchmarking of projects, programmes, and policies.
Labour Markets & Skills
We undertake research on skills and employment issues, supporting the development of policy and the delivery of projects and programmes for individuals and businesses.
International Development
Through developing the evidence base, our work supports government and donor agencies delivering assistance to promote economic prosperity and stability in developing countries.
Urban Regeneration
We provide support for the planning, delivery and long-term management of the physical, economic & social regeneration of communities; working with local and national bodies.
Economic Development
Our research promotes the development of competitive businesses in growth sectors; providing evidence for the effective support of enterprise and innovation.
Economic Impact Assessment
We measure the economic impact of projects, programmes, organisations, and business sectors.
Featured Projects
About our work
Our work draws on extensive experience across the private, public and academic sectors. We apply a broad range of economic and social research skills and competencies to projects in a range of policy areas and sectors, delivering practical insights and providing in-depth knowledge and expertise to support the research goals of our clients.
Programme Evaluation
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Support for Mid Term Evaluation of the £25m Sudokkho Programme, a private sector development programme for skills training in the Ready Made Garment and Construction sectors in Bangladesh.
Value for Money Framework & Reporting
Climate Resilient Infrastructure Development Facility
Development of Value for Money framework and Quarterly reporting for £24m UK Department of International Development (DFID) fund supporting shared water resources management across 12 Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries.
Economic Impact Assessment
Clyde Gateway Urban Regeneration Company
Economic impact assessment of Rutherglen Links office and industrial project that makes a major contribution to Glasgow City Plan 2, South Lanarkshire Economic Strategy, and the Glasgow and Clyde Valley Strategic Development Plan.
About
Who we are & who we work with
ALASTAIR MCPHERSON (LEAD)
Experience in Economic & Social Research
Alastair possesses an extensive portfolio of knowledge and skills in socio-economic research and evaluation methods, drawing on experience in the academic, public and consulting sectors, and providing first class delivery and project management skills.
ASSOCIATE CONSULTANTS
Expertise, Scale and Reach
Additional Research works with a number of experienced associate consultants to assemble teams appropriate for a wide range of assignments of varying scale and focus.
Our partners provide comprehensive skills sets and the scale to deliver the largest and most complex of projects in advanced economies, as well as middle income countries and less developed regions.
Sean McDonald
Strategy, Evaluation and Major Projects
Sean is an experienced consultant in strategy, evaluation and major projects for the private sector, NGOs and aid agencies (MENA, Central Asia and Europe), with a focus on impact assessment and M&E capacity development, and building on his work both as an academic and as International Trade Specialist (Central Asia, Russia and Eastern Europe) with the US Department of Commerce (delivering USAID funded programmes and reporting to the US Congress oversight committee).
Chris Maunder
Business Case Development, Green Book Appraisals, Monitoring & Evaluation Frameworks, Impact Evaluation
Chris is Co-Director of Thrive Economics, a business he founded in 2010 following over a decade working for a range of economic development organisations. Chris is regularly commissioned to help clients develop Monitoring & Evaluation Frameworks for complex projects and programmes from business support through to transport projects. He also completes Impact Evaluations and helps clients identify valuable learning from the delivery of projects and programmes. Recent commissions with Additional Research have included Monitoring & Evaluation Frameworks for Gainshare schemes and the evaluation of Scotland's Innovation Centres.
OUR APPROACH
Responsive, Proactive, and Flexible
We provide a responsive service, listening to client requirements, and providing proactive solutions for client-specific challenges, with a flexible approach that meets emerging client needs.
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