The Strategic investments policy evaluation (IMPACT) centre is dedicated to developing and applying a new generation of impact assessment methods. These methods are rooted in the study and understanding of social, economic, and financial relationships and interdependencies.
The centre leverages a wide array of qualitative and quantitative tools and approaches, including predictive analytics, forecasting, machine learning, statistical inference, econometrics, optimization, network theory, and complex systems. These skills are applied to the development of decision-support systems (ex-ante) and impact evaluation and result reporting systems (ex-post).
The primary areas of application for these competencies include:
