Hannah LaPalombara

Hannah LaPalombara is a Research Scientist at NORC at the University of Chicago with extensive experience in international development and research.1 Here are some key details about her background and expertise:

Professional Experience

Hannah has over 10 years of experience supporting international development programs, specializing in monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) as well as research.1 Her areas of focus include:

• Democracy and governance
• Transparency
• Access to justice
• Civil society
• Resilience
• Youth development
• Gender issues
• Indigenous Peoples' rights

Expertise

Hannah is skilled in various aspects of MEL and research, including:

• Developing theories of change
• Creating indicators
• Evaluation design and management
• Complexity-aware MEL
• Mixed-methods research design
• Data collection and analysis

Geographic Experience

While Hannah has extensive experience in Latin America and the Caribbean, she has also worked on projects in:

• Southeast Asia
• Eastern Europe
• East Africa
• The Pacific

Notable Projects

At NORC, Hannah has been involved in several significant projects:

• USAID/Ukraine Monitoring and Learning Support contract
• Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Learning, Evaluation, and Research (DRG-LER) II Activity
• Guatemala pilot of the Women's Participation and Political Leadership assessment
• Latin America & Caribbean Learning and Rapid Response activity
• Evaluation of the U.S. Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs' Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Academic Fellowship
• Final performance evaluation of USAID/Dominican Republic's At-Risk Youth Initiative

Previous Work

Before joining NORC, Hannah worked at:

• Checchi and Company Consulting, Inc. (a USAID implementing partner)
• World Bank's Poverty and Inequality Practice in the East Asia and Pacific region
• Social Impact's USAID/Vietnam Learns program (as a graduate-level consultant)

Hannah LaPalombara's LinkedIn username is hannahlapalombara.2