JMK Consulting Ltd: We were engaged by Plan Ghana to carry out a project-based participatory gender analysis on the PAGES project. Employing one-on-one key informant interview, focus group discussion and key with teachers, children and youth, men and women elders and school management committees and educational authorities etc, the team probed deeper into the gender issues in the project communities. The team also developed a corresponding gender strategy that sought to address the identified challenges. The final report was submitted in September 2011.

We were engaged by the Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry as part of its BUSAC Funded project to carry out a study into the most feasible public –private partnership model for commodity exchange mechanism in Ghana. As part of the research, we carried out a study tour to Ethiopia to study the Ethiopian Model and reviewed similar models after which we submitted our final report in October 2011. JMK Consulting is now the business service provider providing technical input to the chamber in its business advocacy endeavors.

We were tasked by Plan Ghana to carry out baseline study on the project Banking on Change project. Barclays, CARE International, and Plan joined to improve the quality of life for poor people by extending and developing their access to basic financial services. This initiative brought together the resources, skills and experience of each organization and sought to reach around targets 63,000 rural households in six regions namely Upper West, Upper East, Northern, Volta, Greater Accra and Central. We carried out this study to the utmost satisfaction of our client on time and within budget. The final reports were submitted in June 2012.