Research & Evidence
Generating knowledge that informs action — combining research, community knowledge, and practical learning.
Inclusive ARK works to generate evidence that informs action — combining research, community knowledge, and practical learning to support better decisions and stronger programs.
Good decisions need good evidence. We work to generate research and evidence that helps communities, organizations, and institutions understand problems, identify what works, and act more effectively. Our evidence work is practical — it is meant to inform real decisions, in real time, in real places.
Our Focus
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Applied Research Studies and evaluations that inform real programs and decisions.
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Community Knowledge Drawing on the knowledge that communities hold from lived experience.
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Data & Analysis Using data carefully — quantitative and qualitative — to understand problems.
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Learning & Evaluation Helping organizations learn from their work and improve over time.
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Knowledge Sharing Making evidence accessible and useful to the people who can act on it.
What change looks like.
Understand
Better understanding of problems and what could address them.
Inform
Stronger evidence available to people making decisions and designing programs.
Learn
Organizations and communities able to learn from their work and adapt.
Share
Evidence shared in accessible ways with the people who can use it.
How this work takes shape.
We combine different kinds of knowledge. We use rigorous research methods where they fit. We also draw on the knowledge that communities, practitioners, and institutions hold from experience. The strongest evidence usually brings these together. We work to make evidence accessible, useful, and tied to action.
We do applied research — studies, evaluations, and analysis designed to inform real decisions. We use a mix of methods chosen to fit the question and context.
Yes. We collaborate with researchers, academic institutions, and other organizations. Strong research is usually collaborative.
We share findings through publications, briefs, and insight pieces — and through direct work with the partners who can use them.
Explore our other areas of work.
Advance Gender & Inclusion
Creating greater equality, participation, and leadership for women, girls, and marginalized populations.
Expand Economic Opportunity
Opening pathways to livelihoods, entrepreneurship, and economic participation for people who have been excluded.
Expand Education & Learning
Expanding access to quality, inclusive learning — from early years through to skills for work and life.
Change is stronger when we work together.
We welcome opportunities to work with communities, civil society organizations, researchers, institutions, public bodies, funders, and other partners who share our commitment to equality and opportunity.