PEDA International provides evidence-based advisory, research, monitoring and evaluation, programme design, capacity strengthening, and operational support services to public institutions, donors, UN/INGO partners, civil society organizations, and community networks.
Field-informed advisory for development and humanitarian results.
People Empowering & Development Alternatives International is a development consulting organization established in 2015 and registered in Pakistan and Kenya. PEDA supports clients to translate strategic priorities into measurable results through practical, context-sensitive, and donor-compliant solutions.
PEDA International works through a network of senior development, humanitarian, research, finance, logistics, procurement, human resources, and communication professionals, combining international exposure with local insight.
Established
Pakistan & Kenya presence
Countries of work
Research, evidence & learning
The principles guiding PEDA’s work with communities, partners and institutions.
To empower people and institutions through research, evidence, policy innovation, and practical development solutions.
To generate credible evidence, strengthen systems, and inform policies and practices that reduce poverty, alleviate suffering, and promote inclusive, resilient, and sustainable development.
PEDA combines rigorous research methods, contextual understanding, participatory engagement, and practical field-based systems to generate evidence for decision-making and accountability.
Integrity, inclusion, accountability, neutrality, professionalism, collaboration, safeguarding, learning, innovation, and respect for communities.
PEDA offers integrated advisory, research, monitoring, evaluation, learning and systems-strengthening services.
Context analysis, concept notes, proposals, logframes, budget logic, safeguarding and learning systems.
Implementation roadmaps, deliverable tracking, reporting templates, budget alignment and adaptive management.
Monitoring, evaluation, research, accountability and learning systems for credible evidence and programme improvement.
Independent verification, partner due diligence, field monitoring, dashboards and evidence synthesis.
Participatory ToC workshops, results chains, institutional learning agendas and measurement frameworks.
Training, mentoring, partner capacity strengthening, data quality, ethics, PSEAH and do-no-harm integration.
Interconnected humanitarian and development themes where evidence, systems strengthening and community engagement support sustainable impact.
Climate adaptation, DRR, food security, livelihoods, market systems and community resilience.
Evaluations, assessments, third-party monitoring, learning systems and data quality.
Emergency response, displacement, recovery programming and conflict-sensitive approaches.
Participation, gender and inclusion, protection mainstreaming and community accountability.
Preparedness, risk-informed planning, training and institutional capacity development.
Policy dialogue, strategic communication, advocacy, social cohesion and knowledge products.
PEDA helps clients strengthen programme quality, generate credible evidence, meet donor compliance requirements, and translate learning into improved decision-making.
PEDA combines Pakistan- and Kenya-based institutional presence with a wider network across Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
Illustrative assignments, collaborations and technical exposure across development and humanitarian contexts.
| Assignment / Theme | Client / Donor | Location | Role / Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|
| External evaluations and project reviews | CAFOD/CRS, ACF, CABI, Humedica and comparable donors | Nigeria, Pakistan, Nepal, Malawi, Zambia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam | Evaluation design, data collection, analysis and reporting. |
| Feasibility studies and institutional assessments | AKDN, Handicap International and national partners | Pakistan, Afghanistan | Technical assessments, stakeholder consultations and operational recommendations. |
| Humanitarian evaluation support | ACF, AKAH, World Vision, Save the Children | Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan | Evaluation methodology, sample design, tools, workplans and donor-compliant proposals. |