MERL Technology Enabled Products
Data Visualization and Reporting
Developing interactive dashboards, infographics, and reports within MEL platforms to visually communicate program data, including data from third-party monitoring efforts, and provide insights on contextual factors.
Data Collection Tools
Creating user-friendly data collection tools and mobile applications for efficient and accurate data collection in the field, including capturing context-specific information relevant to monitoring and evaluation processes.
Qualitative Data Collection Processing Tools
I4DI specializes in building digital monitoring tools to help our clients capture and understand data in real-time. These tools are essential in making evidence-based decisions. They can reduce data collection time, improve the accuracy and reliability of incoming information, and save financial resources for other critical phases of the project, such as analysis, adaptive action, and dissemination. As a tech-enabled company, we leverage innovation to improve our research practices and deliver quality products and services to our clients.
Online Learning Products
I4DI has developed a learning platform called Zen-O Learn that combines technology solutions with a MEL curriculum, making our courses accessible to a diverse audience. Zen-O Learn is customized to deliver our content in a user-friendly way and is suitable for adult learners of all levels. We offer both in-person and virtual capacity building programs through Zen-O Learn. The platform has a built-in online collaboration tool, which allows distributed teams to learn together and share their successes.
Results. Evidence. Impact.
The Institute for Development Impact (I4DI) is a think-and-do tank dedicated to advancing evidence-based solutions for lasting social and environmental impact. Founded in 2014, we design and implement projects that deliver real results, we generate value through learning systems and evaluation, we forge catalytic partnerships that multiply returns on investment, and we build customized technology to achieve sustainability and development goals. As a woman-owned small business headquartered in Washington, D.C., we operate a profit-for-purpose model that reinvests into research and innovation to push boundaries and maximize impact. I4DI empowers decision-makers, strengthens systems, and builds partnerships that create meaningful change for people, communities, and the planet.
Our Publications.
I4DI believes that transparency and open access to knowledge and insights from our learning is a strength. No matter what the evidence reveals, we are committed to sharing insights from our engagements for the collective benefit of our industry.
