Track Record

Our
Experience

55+ assignments delivered for leading development organizations: from randomised controlled trials to nationwide surveys, from policy design to large-scale M&E.

55+
Assignments Delivered
13+
Years of Experience
6
Practice Areas
20+
Partner Organizations
Portfolio

Project Portfolio

Spanning social protection, gender, food security, health, governance, and more.

Completed

The World Bank

Comprehensive Refugee Livelihoods Assessment

Large-scale skills survey and census of refugee households across four camps in Ethiopia for the World Bank.

Refugee & MigrationSurvey & Data CollectionLivelihoods
Completed

The World Bank Group

ESAP 3 Impact Evaluation: Endline Survey

Cross-sectional survey and qualitative study measuring the impact of Ethiopia's Social Accountability Program across all regions.

Social ProtectionImpact EvaluationGovernance
Completed

Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

EatSafe Ethiopia: Exposure & Endline Assessments

Phone and in-person surveys with consumer and vendor cohorts measuring food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices.

Food SecurityHealthSurvey & Data Collection
Completed

The World Bank

Business Census: Refugee-Host Communities

Census of all fixed-infrastructure businesses in refugee camps and surrounding towns across four regions of Ethiopia.

Refugee & MigrationSurvey & Data CollectionLivelihoods
Completed

World Bank Africa Gender Innovation Lab

Women in Banking Survey: IFWE Project

In-person survey of 1,500 Commercial Bank of Ethiopia employees exploring gender gaps in career advancement.

Gender & InclusionSurvey & Data CollectionImpact Evaluation
Completed

The World Bank Group

PSNP 5: Qualitative Research on Livelihoods & Women's Pilot

Two qualitative studies under Ethiopia's flagship safety net program.

Social ProtectionGender & InclusionLivelihoods
Completed

The World Bank

RHISN Impact Evaluation: Data Collection

Baseline and endline surveys of 12,000 refugee and host community households across four Ethiopian cities.

Refugee & MigrationImpact EvaluationSurvey & Data Collection
Completed

CARE Ethiopia

CARE L4R: Livelihoods for Resilience Endline

Mixed-methods endline evaluation of a 6.5-year USAID livelihoods programme covering 97,900 PSNP households across four regions.

LivelihoodsImpact EvaluationFood Security
Completed

Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

CRS: Post Distribution Monitoring & Food Security Surveys

PDM, Food Security Monitoring, and Annual Results Survey across five regions for the USAID-funded Joint Emergency Operation.

Food SecurityM&ESurvey & Data Collection

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Our Journey

13 Years of Impact

From our founding in Addis Ababa to 55+ high-impact assignments for global development partners.

2013

Founded

Zerihun Associates established in Addis Ababa, delivering first development research and advisory assignments.

2014–15

Humanitarian & Emergency Work

Expanded into humanitarian evaluation and emergency response, establishing expertise in complex, high-stakes assignments for UNHCR, IOM, and IRC.

2016–17

RCTs & Innovation

Launched Ethiopia's first behaviourally-informed immunization RCT (3ie) and eadrasha.com, a pioneering geolocation platform.

2019–20

National Scale

Delivered the ESAP 3 nationwide baseline and rapid COVID-19 phone survey, demonstrating capacity for complex, multi-region assignments.

2021–25

10+ Concurrent Projects

Scaled to simultaneous large-scale engagements with World Bank, CARE, CRS, GAIN, IOM, and more, across public health, food security, and livelihoods sectors.

Work With Us

Whether you need rigorous evaluation, nationwide data collection, or a tailored advisory engagement. Let's talk.