Daniel Zaas

Researcher

Daniel Zaas is a researcher in the International Development Division at AIR supporting project and impact evaluations. His primary responsibilities include conducting quantitative data analysis for project evaluations. At AIR, he has supported the entire evaluation process including developing and programming survey instruments, quality checking, cleaning, and analyzing data, and reporting the results using narratives and creative data visualizations. He has extensive experience with a variety of data analysis, collection, and visualization tools. He has project experience in Eastern Europe, India, Southeast Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Daniel Zaas
Expertise
International
Services
Research & Evaluation

M.A., International Development Policy, Georgetown University

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Related Work
African women farming

Challenges and Opportunities in Agricultural Value Chains

14 Feb 2023
Despite concerted efforts by various governments and international agencies, low agricultural productivity remains a persistent challenge in many developing countries. Using findings from three case studies of value chain assessments conducted by AIR in Uganda, Mozambique, and Georgia, AIR provided evidence-based policy recommendations to improve programming in value chains in ...
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Boy having arm measured in Uganda

Graduating to Resilience in Uganda

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McGovern-Dole Food for Education Project: Liberia Empowerment Through Attendance, Reading, and Nutrition (LEARN) and LEARN II

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Beoog Biiga (Tomorrow’s Child) Project, Burkina Faso McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Project

Of the approximately 175 countries on the World Bank’s Human Capital Index, Burkina Faso scores among the lowest, with more than 40 percent of the country’s population living below the national poverty line. In response to recurrent food crises, high levels of malnutrition, and low and unequal levels of education ...