Evidence, leadership and effective institutions
Researcher, university lecturer and development practitioner working across Somalia and East Africa.
Anas Ali Dahir, MAPPM, is a researcher, university lecturer and development practitioner focused on the relationship between evidence, leadership and effective institutions in Somalia and East Africa.
He serves as Executive Director of the East Africa Association for Research and Development (DAD). His work spans project planning, monitoring and evaluation, research design, community engagement and regional development. He has worked on questions of conflict resolution, reconciliation, state-building and public service performance, bringing research and implementation into the same conversation.
Anas also teaches project management and related subjects at university level. In his writing, he examines how institutions can translate policy commitments into measurable results, particularly in trade, health, governance and development. His approach is practical: define the problem clearly, test claims against evidence and identify decisions that people can implement.
He holds a Master of Arts in Project Planning and Management from the University of Nairobi and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Mogadishu University. His ongoing academic work examines monitoring and evaluation tasks, nurturing care training and the performance of maternal and child health projects in Somalia.
Areas of focus
- Project planning and monitoring and evaluation
- Applied research and mixed methods
- Institutional leadership and service quality
- Somalia and East African regional integration
- Conflict, governance and community engagement
Background
- Executive Director, East Africa Association for Research and Development (DAD)
- University lecturer — project management and related subjects
- Master of Arts in Project Planning and Management, University of Nairobi
- Bachelor of Business Administration, Mogadishu University
Methods that serve real decisions
My research examines how projects and institutions perform, what evidence can explain the results, and how findings can improve practice. The focus is on methods that serve real decisions in health, governance and development.
Monitoring and Evaluation Tasks, Nurturing Care Training, and Performance of Maternal and Child Health Projects in Somalia
This ongoing doctoral research studies the relationship between M&E tasks and MCH project performance, and examines the role of nurturing care training. It uses a mixed-methods approach to bring quantitative patterns together with the experiences of practitioners and stakeholders.
Research interests
Maternal and child health project performance
Monitoring and evaluation systems
Evaluation design
Conflict and governance research
Regional development
Applied mixed-methods research
Let’s work on a question that matters.
For research collaborations, speaking invitations, training and professional inquiries, please use the contact form or write to info@anasalidahir.com.