Program design and implementation
We design and deliver programs that create lasting change in communities and markets.
Building programs. Measuring change. Sustaining impact.
Merstat is a development partner that designs and delivers programs, strengthens systems, and provides independent monitoring to ensure accountability and learning. Specialists in market systems development, climate MRV, ESG, jobs measurement, and impact investing.
Why partner with Merstat
We are more than evaluators. Merstat is a development partner that designs programs, drives systemic change, and equips organizations with the tools to track impact and investment. Whether through jobs measurement frameworks, ESG systems, or impact investing tracking, we help partners prove, improve, and sustain their impact.
Impact measurement
Advanced frameworks for tracking investment impact, ESG performance, and job creation.
System strengthening
Building resilient systems that adapt to climate challenges and promote inclusive growth.
What we do
Program Design and Implementation
Markets, services, and livelihoods that last beyond our engagement
We co-create and run programs in agriculture, youth employment, WASH, climate resilience, and inclusive finance — designed to outlast the project.
Third-Party Monitoring (TPM)
Independent verification your stakeholders trust
Independent, trusted TPM for donors, governments, and private foundations — verification, value-for-money checks, and beneficiary voice.
Systems MEL aligned to DCED Standards
DCED-compliant MEL your teams can run with confidence
DCED-compliant MEL systems with results chains, systemic boundaries, indicators, data quality protocols, and utilization-focused reporting.
Systemic Change Measurement
Outcomes beyond project outputs
Frameworks that capture outcomes beyond project outputs — sentinel indicators, actor networks, crowding-in, business viability, policy shifts, resilience.
Evaluations and Research
Rigorous studies that are built for use
Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods studies designed for decisions — baselines, midlines, endlines, impact, case studies, VfM.
Attribution, Contribution, Counterfactual, and Displacement
What changed, how, why, and at whose expense
Explicit contribution narratives, counterfactual estimation, triangulated causal stories, and displacement scanning.
What we've achieved
Anonymised for partner privacy — references available on request.
Market Systems for Employment
For a bilateral donor in East Africa.
Rolling-baseline design and contribution analysis for a multi-country market systems programme, with TPM in hard-to-reach districts.
Climate Accountability for Water Services
For a multilateral climate fund.
Verification-ready climate MRV integrated with operational monitoring for an urban water utility.
Health Systems Strengthening
For a UN agency.
Routine information systems prepared for analysis and visualisation, with remote monitoring for facilities under access constraints.
Youth Jobs in Aquaculture
For a regional development bank.
Jobs framework covering direct, indirect, and induced jobs, with team training and a mixed-methods review.
Join the team
Open positions across MEL, TPM, climate MRV, jobs and inclusion, and health systems. Remote within Africa, Nairobi-based, or global roster.
Build your team's capacity
Flagship training tracks in DCED MEL, climate MRV, ESG, jobs measurement, TPM excellence, value for money, and more.
