We provide targeted research and analytical services to individual investors, corporations, government, and local and international development organizations.  

• Macro and sectoral policy studies   
• Social protection, service provision, and community development  
• Workforce development, job creation, labour market, and training studies 
• Trade and investment 
• Impact evaluation of development interventions   
• Formative and action research  
• Public and reproductive health studies  

• Population-based surveys – coverage, prevalence, knowledge, attitudes, behaviour, and practice surveys 
• Beneficiary-based panel/follow-up surveys  
• Community health, food, and nutrition status monitoring surveys 
• Water, sanitation and hygiene assessment 
• Public opinion and customer satisfaction surveys for private or public organizations of any size 
• Other social, economic or environmental assessments  

• Organizational capacity assessment  
• Stakeholder analysis/mapping  
• Partnership and coordination systems  
• Business environment assessments 
• Monitoring and evaluation systems 
• System design, review, and development 

We support companies using data to make effective decisions. Our data analytics solution empowers businesses to better understand their customers, improve their advertising campaigns, personalize their content, and improve their bottom lines.  

In addition to our data analytics research team, we have teams of business analysts, systems analysts, and database developers who work together to generate data and develop solutions to fit your needs. Those services include: 

• Customer analytics: Conducting regular internal and external customer satisfaction surveys and benchmarking them to help companies make decisions; 
• Decision support systems: Technical reviews to identify requirements and support installation, testing and commissioning, and training of clients;  
• Marketing analytics: To provide timely information and cutting-edge analysis and business intelligence.  

Daystar assists international evaluators when they come to Ethiopia to conduct independent assessment, research, and evaluation projects by:  

• Consulting on field research planning, design, and implementation.  
• Providing labor market information and assistance in identifying the right talent and resources for professional and logistics support.  
• Providing back-office support including venues, administrative staffing, and coordination with federal, regional, and local level agencies as your team deploys for fieldwork.   

Our support for field research includes: 

• Management of third-party logistics, transportation, and accommodations. 
• Provision of communications tools, equipment, digital resources, and survey instruments. 
• Supervision of on-site pilot tests, training of data collectors, and providing translations and transcription of field data to and from local languages.