Research and analysis
Baselines, formative studies and thematic research using quantitative surveys, qualitative fieldwork or both, with sampling designed for the question rather than the template.
Development decisions deserve better evidence.
PSR is a Nepali research and evaluation firm. We study how gender, caste, disability and geography shape who benefits from development — and turn what we find into decisions programmes can act on.
Every study we run counts the people who are usually left out of the sample.
- Founded in 2019
- Established by a Nepali woman professional with long experience in the development sector.
- Based in Kathmandu
- Fieldwork delivered across Nepal's seven provinces, in local languages, by local enumerators.
- Mixed methods
- Surveys, interviews, focus groups and policy review — combined to answer one clear question.
What we do
Six services, usually combined into a single assignment. Tell us the decision you need to make and we will propose the design that answers it.
Programme evaluation
Mid-term, final and impact evaluations against OECD-DAC criteria, with findings traced back to evidence a reader can check.
Policy review
Assessment of policies, strategies and institutional frameworks — what they promise, where implementation breaks down, and what to change.
Strategic planning
Country strategy reviews, theories of change and results frameworks developed with your team rather than handed over at the end.
Capacity building
Training and workshops on GESI mainstreaming, gender-responsive planning, data collection and participatory tools.
Facilitation and dialogue
Consultations, validation workshops and policy dialogues that bring government, civil society and affected communities into the same room.
How we work
A study is only useful if someone uses it. Our process is built backwards from that.
Start from the decision
We agree what you need to decide and design the smallest study that can answer it credibly.
Collect in the field
Trained enumerators work in local languages, with sampling that reaches women, Dalit, Janajati, Madhesi and disabled respondents rather than whoever is easiest to find.
Triangulate the findings
Survey data, interviews and documents are compared against each other. Where they disagree, we say so.
Hand it back for use
Validation with stakeholders, a report written to be read, and recommendations addressed to someone who can act on them.
About PSR
PSR Research and Consultancies was established in 2019 to advance gender equality and social inclusion across Nepal's social, environmental and governance sectors — and increasingly beyond Nepal.
The firm was founded by a Nepali woman professional with extensive experience in the development sector. Our mission is to mainstream and institutionalise gender and social concerns in how development is planned, delivered and assessed, so that they are built into decisions rather than added to reports afterwards.
We work with international NGOs, UN agencies, bilateral donors, government bodies and national civil society organisations.
Development will stay stuck unless women, youth and excluded communities are genuinely part of it — not consulted at the end, but shaping it from the start. Founder and Director, PSR Research and Consultancies
नीति समीक्षा · रणनीतिक योजना · अनुसन्धानमा आधारित रूपान्तरण
Where we work
Thematic areas we have designed and delivered studies in.
Gender equality and social inclusion
Gender-based violence
Women's economic empowerment
Governance and democratic participation
Climate resilience and disaster risk
Natural resource management
WASH
Agriculture and livelihoods
Adolescent and girls' programming
Labour migration
Clients and partners
A selection of the organisations we have worked with on research, evaluation and policy assignments.
Common questions
What kinds of assignments do you take on?
Baseline and endline studies, mid-term and final evaluations, impact assessments, formative and thematic research, policy and strategy reviews, and facilitation of consultations and policy dialogues.
Who do you work for?
International NGOs, UN agencies, bilateral and multilateral donors, government bodies and national civil society organisations — anyone who needs independent evidence about whether a programme is working and for whom.
How do you make sure excluded groups are actually represented?
Disaggregation is designed into the sample rather than reported after the fact. We recruit enumerators who can work in the relevant languages and with the relevant communities, and we use separate spaces for women and adolescent respondents where that is what it takes to get an honest answer.
Can you deliver fieldwork outside the Kathmandu Valley?
Yes. We routinely run data collection in far-western, mid-western and Madhesh districts, including hill and mountain sites, with field teams recruited and supervised locally.
How do you handle research ethics and data protection?
Informed consent, confidentiality, safe referral pathways for sensitive topics such as gender-based violence, and data handling that follows the commissioning organisation's own safeguarding and data protection requirements.
How do we start?
Send the terms of reference, or a short note on what you need to find out and by when. We will come back with a proposed design, team and timeline.
Get in touch
Working to a submission deadline? Say so in your message and we will reply the same working day.
- Office
- Maharajgunj-3, 44600 Kathmandu, Nepal
- Phone
- +977 9841 201897
- [email protected]
- Hours
- Sunday to Friday, 9:00–17:00 (NPT, UTC+5:45)