Sectors
Five sectors, each starting with a question
Each sector page opens with the question decision-makers ask most. It sets out what the evidence says, with a source and a date on every figure, what the evidence cannot yet answer, and the research services that can help.
These are the sectors where public decisions and development funding most directly shape everyday life in Nigeria, and where those decisions are being remade now. Health financing, social assistance, basic education, humanitarian response and inclusion policy are each in a period of reform, and each is affected by changes in external funding.
Health systems
Are health gains reaching the poorest households, or only improving the average?
Financing, primary care, workforce, medicines, health information and governance.
Read the sectorSocial protection, poverty and livelihoods
Are cash transfers reaching the households that need them?
Poverty, targeting, cash transfers, and how households build livelihoods.
Read the sectorEducation
Are children learning, not only enrolled?
Access, foundational learning, teachers, school safety, financing and the data behind decisions.
Read the sectorHumanitarian, peace and stability
Are people getting help, and are returns safe and voluntary?
Humanitarian need and response, displacement, conflict and stability, and peacebuilding.
Read the sectorGender, youth and social inclusion
Who is being left out, and what keeps them out?
Women's economic opportunity and voice, young people's jobs and participation, and the inclusion of persons with disabilities and older persons.
Read the sectorWhoever you are, we start with your question
Government
Can we defend these numbers to a legislature or a budget committee?
What we offer youDonors and partners
Is this rigorous, independent and good value?
What we offer youImplementers
Can you help us learn what works without slowing delivery?
What we offer youResearchers
Is the method sound, and can I reuse the data or instruments?
What we offer youDoes your question sit between sectors?
Tell us the decision it will inform. We will say whether the evidence can answer it and, if not, who is better placed to.