Strategic intelligence for impact investors, development finance institutions, social enterprises, foundations, and CSR programmes — where decisions must be commercially rigorous and socially defensible, and where the cost of intelligence failure is measured in lives, not just returns.
Impact fund market sizing, investor demand and capital allocation research, ESG data quality assessment, and market entry intelligence for impact investors, social enterprises, and development finance institutions deploying patient capital across South Asian impact themes.
Last-mile healthcare demand research, BOP consumer willingness to pay, community health worker economics, and programme feasibility for affordable healthcare providers, health foundations, and DFIs investing in underserved populations across South Asia.
MFI client behaviour research, credit absorption capacity assessment, digital financial services adoption among underserved populations, and portfolio quality intelligence for microfinance institutions, NBFC-MFIs, and financial inclusion investors.
Affordable housing demand mapping, household income and credit access research, developer feasibility economics, and investment intelligence for affordable housing developers, NHB-linked lenders, and impact real estate investors in Indian cities.
Livelihood programme impact assessment, vocational training effectiveness research, employer demand for skilled BOP workers, and investment intelligence for skilling NGOs, livelihood platforms, and social enterprise investors.
Community climate vulnerability assessment, nature-based solution feasibility, carbon credit market intelligence for community projects, and investment programme design for climate-focused DFIs, foundations, and impact investors in South and Southeast Asia.
These are the actual questions clients bring to us. We've answered some version of each of them, multiple times, across multiple geographies.
Impact investment fund commissioning early warning research on an Indian MFI portfolio showing stress. NEO ran client behaviour research across 600 borrower households in 4 districts, overlending assessment, and district-level economic shock mapping.
DFI evaluating affordable housing investment programme across 4 Indian states. NEO ran household demand and income research, developer feasibility benchmarking, and state government implementation capacity assessment.
Global foundation evaluating a 5-year skilling and livelihoods programme across 3 Indian states. NEO ran placement verification through employer interviews, income trajectory tracking, and implementing partner quality benchmarking.
17 years in development sector strategy and impact investment advisory. Led 40+ impact evaluation, programme design, and investment intelligence mandates for DFIs, foundations, and impact investors across South and Southeast Asia. Former World Bank and DFID.
Specialist in financial inclusion and affordable housing market intelligence. 13 years of BOP consumer research, MFI portfolio intelligence, and affordable housing feasibility across India's underserved urban and rural markets.
12 years in livelihood programme evaluation and climate resilience intelligence. Specialist in impact measurement methodology, skilling programme effectiveness research, and nature-based solution feasibility for climate-focused development investors.
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