Coordinates NORC's international work on issues that cross departmental and focus area boundaries.

Established in 2005 to capitalize on the growing importance of bringing high quality data into the decision-making process of governments and international donor organizations, the department builds upon NORC's long record of conducting work outside the United States.

Research Topics

• Education reform in Qatar
• Workforce experiences in Asia
• Problem Gambling in the UK
• Economic Growth in Thailand
• Impact evaluation of development programs in Benin and the Republic of Georgia
• Improving health outcomes
• International Mortgage Finance 

Special Capabilities

In addition to NORC's core capabilities, the International Projects department offers specialized skills:

• technical assistance
• program design and implementation
• impact evaluation
• methodological advice
• think tank mentoring  (72K)

Illustrative Projects

Millennium Challenge Corporation Impact Evaluations

Qatar National Education Data System

Problem Gambling in the UK

TASCThree Global Health Initiative

Bank of Spain Survey of Household Finances (EFF)

Recent Publications and Presentations

Struyk, R. and Petrova, E. 2008. "Client Satisfaction with Russia's Housing Allowance Program," Problems of Economic Transition 50(10):44-64.

Butler, S. 2008. "Developing Land Markets within the Constraint of State Ownership: The Case of Viet Nam," presented to the Annual Conference of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Boston, MA. June.

Butler, S. 2008. "Reducing Costs and Deepening Mortgage Markets by Attention to the Fundamentals of Primary and Secondary Mortgage Markets," presented to the annual International Housing Finance Conference of the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. June.

Struyk, R. 2007. "Egyptian Consumer Knowledge and Attitudes on Mortgage Finance and Property Registration," Housing Finance International, December.

Struyk, R. and Stobetskaya, I. 2007. "The Status of Policy Research Organizations in Azerbaijan," The Nonprofit Review 7(2):57-66.