International Growth Research and Evaluation Center

What International Growth Research and Evaluation Center does

International Growth Research and Evaluation Center (IGREC) is a research and evaluation organization headquartered in Kampala, Uganda. Founded in 2016, it operates with a stated headcount of approximately 18 employees. The company's name indicates a focus on growth-oriented research and program evaluation, a service category typically aligned with development sector priorities in East Africa, though no specific client segments, service lines, or thematic verticals are publicly disclosed in the available input.

Name

International Growth Research and Evaluation Center

Website

https://igrec-ug.org

Company type

Private

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

International Growth Research and Evaluation Center (IGREC) is a Kampala, Uganda-based research and evaluation organization founded in 2016 with approximately 18 employees. It appears to serve the East African development sector, though specific services, clients, and business model details are not publicly disclosed.

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Product category

Research and Evaluation Services

NAICS

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPADAMAJ

Economic Research, Statistics & Policy Advisory

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/International Trade & Economic Development

SECONDARYEDAAAOAN

Workforce Data, Labor Market Intelligence (LMI) & Program Evaluation

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Workforce Development Initiatives

SECONDARYBPAHALAL

ESG, Sustainability & Impact Research

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Research, Analytics & Expert Services

Keywords

• Research and evaluation services
• International development consulting
• Growth research
• Evaluation center
• Development research

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel

Core offering

International Growth Research and Evaluation Center (IGREC) is an organization founded in 2016 in Kampala, Uganda, with 18 employees. Based on its name, it appears to provide research and evaluation services focused on international growth, but no substantive details about its core offerings are available from the source data.

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

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Broad incumbents

• UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA): Continental-scale intergovernmental body producing economic research and policy analysis for African governments. Comparable in producing Africa-focused economic research and policy advisory output, though from a multilateral/governmental vantage point rather than a private research firm.
• Palladium: Global advisory firm implementing development programs and conducting evaluations for donors. Comparable as a competitor for the same donor-funded evaluation contracts in Uganda and East Africa, though at much greater scale.
• Overseas Development Institute (ODI): UK-based global think tank working on international development and humanitarian issues. Comparable as a provider of policy research, evaluation services, and advisory work for development clients — the type of organization IGREC would partner with or compete against on evaluation contracts.
• Abt Associates: Global research and program implementation firm with significant international development practice. Comparable in offering evaluation, research, and advisory services to governments and donors, particularly in health, education, and economic development.
• African Economic Research Consortium (AERC): Pan-African research consortium focused on economic policy research across the continent. Comparable in mission (rigorous economic research for African development) but operates at much broader geographic and institutional scale than IGREC.
• Research Triangle Institute International (RTI International): Large US-based research institute implementing development programs globally. Directly comparable as an implementer/evaluator of donor-funded programs and would be a competitor for major multilateral evaluation contracts in the region.

Direct peers

• Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR): Uganda-based academic research institute at Makerere University conducting social science research. A directly comparable local peer in Kampala doing development-relevant research, with whom IGREC may compete or partner on locally-grounded studies.
• International Growth Centre (IGC): London-based but Africa-focused research centre studying economic growth in developing countries. Highly comparable to IGREC given the near-identical name framing and shared focus on growth research in developing economies, though IGC operates at significantly greater scale and with a global institutional backing.
• Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC): Uganda-based policy research organization hosted at Makerere University. A directly comparable local peer in terms of geography (Kampala), sector (economic research and policy advisory), and likely target clients (government, donors, multilaterals operating in Uganda).

Others

• World Bank Independent Evaluation Group (IEG): Evaluation arm of the World Bank Group. Not a commercial competitor, but a directly comparable function (rigorous program evaluation) and a potential client/funder for firms like IGREC that execute country-level evaluations under World Bank contracts.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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