Structured, multi-year research programmes investigating specific dimensions of execution capacity — producing knowledge that travels between scholarship and practice.
A multi-year programme to develop, pilot, and publish a composite measure of national execution capacity across African economies. The NCIx tracks the quality of institutional execution systems in government, public services, and economic management.
An empirical research programme mapping the gap between strategic intent and actual outcomes across a sample of public institutions. Combining document analysis, interviews, and outcome data to establish the scale and cost of execution failure.
A comparative programme to identify what high-performing institutions do differently — the specific operational systems, processes, and practices that explain execution success. To be launched with a pilot cohort of partner institutions.
A long-term research programme tracking how institutions' execution capacity changes over time — in response to leadership transitions, reform programmes, resource shocks, and external pressures.
We welcome institutional data partners, research collaborators, and sponsored programme opportunities.