EVAL-LAB

What EVAL-LAB does

EVAL-LAB is a Paris-based consulting firm specializing in counterfactual impact evaluation, data analysis, and monitoring systems for development, social, and public-policy programs. The firm applies experimental and quasi-experimental methodologies—including randomized controlled trials (RCTs), difference-in-differences, and matching techniques—to measure causal effects of interventions across education, employment, gender, health, and environmental domains. It serves NGOs, public and international institutions, private companies, researchers, and foundations, with active delivery across eight countries: France, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Morocco, Uzbekistan, Republic of Congo, Senegal, and Tunisia. Operational scale cited includes 25,000+ surveys conducted, 140+ schools reached, 40+ RCTs executed, and a network of 26 collaborating researchers, with Quentin Daviot identified as a key team member.

The firm's commercial model is fee-for-service project consulting: revenue is generated through contracts for evaluation design, field data collection, statistical analysis, and capacity-building training. Notable clients and partners include Sciences Po, J-PAL, OECD, World Bank, AFD (Agence Française de Développement), La France s'Engage, France Stratégie, and WWF-France. EVAL-LAB holds two offices in Paris and operates through both short-term evaluation mandates and longer-term research collaborations.

Go-to-market is anchored by academic and institutional credibility—selection as official partner of La France s'Engage in 2025, collaboration with Columbia University on a 250-school media-literacy RCT, and an AFD-funded mandate under the PARLE project in Tunisia—rather than direct sales or productized software. The firm monetizes methodological specialization in RCTs and multilingual field operations in emerging markets, with no disclosed proprietary technology platform, software product, or AI/ML capability in the available data.

Name

EVAL-LAB

Legal name

Eval-Lab

Website

https://eval-lab.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

EVAL-LAB is a Paris-based consulting firm that designs and runs counterfactual impact evaluations (RCTs and quasi-experimental studies) for NGOs, public institutions, multilaterals, foundations, and researchers across eight countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Impact Evaluation Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning (MERL) (BPADAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Survey, Panel & Fieldwork Services (BPAHALAJ)

Keywords

• Impact evaluation services
• Social policy research
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Counterfactual analysis
• Data collection consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Impact Evaluation Consulting: Rigorous impact evaluations for organizations including counterfactual assessments, cost-benefit analyses, and quasi-experimental studies. Projects are tailored to client needs and scope.
2. Training Programs: Customized training courses on impact evaluation, theory of change, and data analysis. Delivered in various formats from short sessions to multi-day programs, adapted to client context and expertise level.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

EVAL-LAB is a Paris-based consulting firm that provides rigorous impact evaluation services for organizations focused on social change. Its core offerings include counterfactual impact evaluations (using RCTs and quasi-experimental methods), customized training programs on impact evaluation and theory of change, monitoring and evaluation system design, questionnaire design and data collection infrastructure, and data analysis and visualization. Services are delivered as tailored engagements to associations, foundations, public institutions, international organizations, and private companies.

Product overview

EVAL-LAB is a consulting firm specializing in rigorous impact evaluation and social policy assessment. The company offers a portfolio of interconnected services: Counterfactual Impact Evaluation (using experimental and quasi-experimental methods), Training programs on evaluation and theory of change, Personalized Advisory Services, Questionnaire Design and Data Collection Infrastructure, Data Analysis and Visualization, and Monitoring and Evaluation System Design. These services are tailored to serve associations, foundations, public institutions, international organizations, businesses, and research institutions across topics including education, employment, gender equality, environment, health, and agriculture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Counterfactual Impact Evaluation (Évaluation d'impact contrefactuelle)
• Training Programs (Formation)
• Personalized Advisory Services (Conseil personnalisé)
• Questionnaire Design, Data Collection and Infrastructure (Création de questionnaires, collecte et infrastructure de données)
• Data Analysis and Visualization (Analyse et visualisation des données)
• Monitoring and Evaluation System Design (Construction de systèmes de suivi/évaluation)

Quantifiable outcome

• 25,000+ surveys collected across multiple countries
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• La France s'EngagecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Official partner since 2025, providing tailored guidance and structured reflection support to award-winning organizations of La France s'Engage on their programs and impact.
• J-PAL (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple research partnerships including evaluation collaborations, Learning for All Initiative funding, and joint summer school programs with AFD. Quentin Daviot works with J-PAL researchers on tutoring evaluation.
• Sciences Po PariscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership including teaching impact evaluation in multiple Master's programs, joint research collaborations, and access to research infrastructure for evaluations.
• OECDcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCommissioned by OECD to advise the Bulgarian National Employment Agency on monitoring and evaluation systems and conduct rigorous impact evaluations.
• Expertise FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on PARLE project with Tunisian Ministry of Education, funded by AFD, supporting M&E system development and impact assessments.
• Bibliothèques Sans FrontièrescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple evaluation projects including Digital Learning Hubs in Senegal (140 schools), Pro'Pulsion program, and Tunisia library projects. Funded by Fund for Innovation in Development and J-PAL.
• Paris School of Economics (PSE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership for tutoring program evaluation including HomeClasse RCT with 35 schools and 400 students.
• France StratégiecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommissioned to conduct scientific evaluation of Territoires Zéro Chômeur de Longue Durée experiment including impact evaluation and cost-benefit analysis using TaxIPP model.
• WWF-FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for school garden impact evaluation covering 89 primary schools, 3,000+ students and families, assessing nature connection, well-being, and environmental practices.
• IDEEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner for tutoring evaluations including data collection coordination with 40 schools in metropolitan France and school garden evaluations.
• ZUPdeCOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHomeClasse online tutoring program evaluation with 35 schools, 400 students assessing learning outcomes, psychosocial skills, and educational trajectories.
• Article 1coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEvaluation of DEMA1N + STEM mentoring program for female university students in STEM fields, assessing trajectories and psychosocial skills.
• Bulgarian National Employment AgencycoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAdvisory support on M&E system design and integration, plus impact evaluations of employment support programs using administrative data.
• Tunisian Ministry of National EducationcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPARLE project partnership for building M&E system and conducting impact assessments for language skills programs in Arabic and French.
• Bureau Fédéral du Plan (Belgium)majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTwo-day advanced training course on randomized controlled trials as part of working-time reduction project.
• Morocco Innovation and Evaluation LabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for advanced RCT training and Morocco Ministry of National Education training programs on monitoring, evaluation, and impact assessment.
• World BankminorOthersListed as trusted partner organization on website
• Ministry of Education FrancemajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCorsican Academy training on theory of change and impact evaluation, Uzbekistan Ministry partnerships for training programs.
• Columbia UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint large-scale RCT on media literacy program in French high schools with 250+ schools and 10,000 students.
• University of MontpelliercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership for media literacy RCT and multiple evaluation projects including school gardens and tutoring programs.
• INEADE (Senegal)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal data collection partner for rigorous data collection across 140 schools in Kédougou region for Digital Learning Hubs evaluation.
• Global Impact MetricscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for school garden cost-benefit analysis and food insecurity advisory work.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Oxford Policy Management: UK-headquartered policy research and evaluation firm working on social and economic policy in developing countries. Direct peer — performs RCTs and rigorous impact evaluations for bilateral/multilateral funders.
• Itad: UK-based M&E consultancy providing monitoring, evaluation, and learning services to donors, governments, and NGOs. Direct peer — comparable boutique firm with similar MEL/RCT offerings and donor-funded client base.
• Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA): J-PAL's sister organization running RCTs and evidence-based programs in development contexts worldwide. Direct peer — same counterfactual methodology, similar academic DNA (J-PAL is EVAL-LAB's partner).
• Ecorys: European research and consulting company with strong M&E practice serving EU institutions, governments, and NGOs. Direct peer — European-headquartered impact evaluation and policy consultancy.
• NORC at the University of Chicago: Independent research organization with strong evaluation practice, conducting impact studies and surveys for public-sector clients. Direct peer — comparable academic-affiliated evaluation firm.
• Mathematica Policy Research: US-based research organization conducting rigorous impact evaluations, RCTs, and policy analysis for federal and philanthropic clients. Direct peer — large-scale counterfactual evaluation specialist.
• 3ie (International Initiative for Impact Evaluation): Global impact evaluation organization funding and producing rigorous evaluations of development programs. Direct peer — operates in the same counterfactual evaluation space, often commissioning similar RCTs and quasi-experimental studies.

Emerging players

• ID Insight: Emerging impact evaluation and advisory organization with operations across Africa and Asia. Emerging player — comparable methodology and donor-funded clientele, smaller scale and less geographic reach than EVAL-LAB.

Broad incumbents

• Abt Associates: Large US-headquartered research and consulting firm with global M&E, health, and social programs practices. Broad incumbent — competes for major donor evaluation contracts with broader service portfolio and global footprint.

Regional players

• Genesis Analytics: African-headquartered economics and M&E consultancy with deep expertise across Sub-Saharan Africa. Regional peer — comparable evaluation methodology but Africa-focused and not directly competing in EVAL-LAB's core French/EU market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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