Alpha International

Service Areas

Data Services

• Data need identification
• Data collection and data entry
• Data analysis and interpretation
• Data management
• Database design and implementation

Management Information Systems

Design, develop and implement management information system custom tailored to the particular needs of the client institutions. This also involves integrated web enabled solution. Surveys

Design and conduct surveys and measure relevant indicators in all areas including:

• Human development, health, education, housing, demography,…
• Civil society: NGO’s, democracy, gender,…
• Business and economics: industry, agriculture, tourism,…
• Social needs and impact assessment
• Environment, water and land
• Information and communication technology
• Customer and client satisfaction
• Media: newspapers, radios and television stations

Polling

Conduct public opinion polls on various issues of public or special interest. This includes polls targeting issues of public interest among various social groups on the local, regional or national levels.

Performance Monitoring and Evaluation

Design appropriate monitoring and evaluation systems, performance indicators and conduct performance evaluation exercises for programs, projects and institutions in the public, private and civil society sectors.

Research and Studies

• Research design and implementation
• Market research and feasibility studies
• Impact and needs assessment studies

Capacity building

Alpha offers consulting and training programs in the above areas of expertise custom tailored to the particular needs client institutions. This includes a wide range of training modules such as statistical awareness, statistics for decision makers, applied statistics, research and experimental design, statistical tools and packages such as SPSS and STATA, project planning and management.

Trend Analysis and Forecasting

• Modeling risk analysis for banks and insurance companies
• Forecasting social, economic and demographic trends
• Forecasting market trends

Outsourcing

Alpha International offers research centers, as well as institutions engaged in management consulting, outsourcing services in the above areas of expertise. This provides such institutions with a cost-effective venue by using Alpha’s range of services without necessarily making investments in acquiring an in house capability in these niches. Alpha also provides its clients and partners with short term consultants and experts in various areas and expertise.

Specialized Technical Assistance

In addition to the above training programs, Alpha designs and conducts on site training and counseling for individual institutions on data management and analysis, statistical tools and sound project evaluation methods and procedures. Alpha team will provide sustainable reliable technical support whenever the need arises.