The World Bank

Local Level Public Financial Management (PFM) in Ghana: Providing regional technical advisory services

The World Bank

This project aimed to enhance fiscal discipline, strategic allocation of resources and service delivery efficiency for improved infrastructure and services in urban assemblies of Ghana. 

The World Bank

Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) and Quantitative Service Delivery Survey (QSDS): Analysing service delivery and public expenditures in Lesotho

The World Bank

The objective of the survey commissioned was to improve the efficiency of various health programmes in Lesotho, with an aim to prioritise fund allocation for intended beneficiaries.

CIFF

RajKosh: Innovative financing for women, girls and children in Rajasthan

CIFF

The objective of the programme was to make the Government of Rajasthan financially resilient and mitigate the strain on financial resources by reducing fiscal deficit.

DFID

Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL) Programme in Nigeria: Conducting a Mid-Term Review (MTR)

DFID

The objective of the programme was to support the Government of Nigeria reform core governance processes and ensure that the improvements lead to an enhanced delivery of goods and services.

UNDP

National Urban Poverty Reduction Programme (NUPRP): Conducting Institutional and Financial Capacity Assessment (IFCA) of 11 Cities in Bangladesh

UNDP

The underlying aim of the NUPRP was to ensure sustainable improvements in livelihoods and living conditions of urban poor across towns and cities in Bangladesh. 

DFID

Ethiopia Portfolio Assurance Programme, Phase II: Strengthening DFID's ability to identify, understand, address and manage risks

DFID

Aimed at understanding and addressing major governance, management and financial risks, the programme sought  to improve efficiency  through an adaptive and flexible approach.

United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

LoCAL: Evaluating Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility in 14 countries across Asia, Africa and Asia-Pacific; Deep dives in Bhutan, Tanzania, Niger and Tuvalu

United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

Focused on building climate resilient communities and promote local economies, UNCDF designed Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) in 2011.

UNCDF

Long Term Agreement (LTA) to Implement Evaluations Under UNCDF’s Evaluation Plan: Promoting inclusive growth in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

UNCDF

The objective of United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is to assist developing countries in building up their economies by supplementing existing sources of capital assistance.

GIZ

Economic Empowerment of Women Entrepreneurs: Inspiring women to participate in entrepreneurial activities

GIZ

The project is aimed at improving the framework conditions for women entrepreneurs to encourage more participation, thereby increasing their share in the country. 

DFID

Evaluation & Analysis of Tax Transformation (EATT): Monitoring Ethiopia’s Tax Transformation Programme

DFID

Designed to drive the institutional transformation of ERCA and implement tax policy reforms that are aimed at responsible and equitable increase of tax revenues in Ethiopia.

GAIN

Mid-Term Portfolio Evaluation of GAIN’s Government of Netherland’s funded work: Improving access to safe, healthy and affordable nutrition and promoting its consumption among the most vulnerable population

GAIN

The programme aimed to improve diets for vulnerable populations, enhance private sector actions to improve access to nutritious food, tackle malnutrition, and improve the overall enabling environment for public-private partnerships.  

Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) & Harvest Plus

Commercialisation of Biofortified Crops Programme: Improving the delivery and scale up of biofortified foods in India

Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) & Harvest Plus

The programme focused on working with commercial value chain actors — seed producers, farmers, aggregators, and processors — to catalyse commercial markets for biofortified seeds, grains and food products to address malnutrition. 

Nikos Papachristodoulou

Chief Operating Officer

Expertise

Partnership Development • Operations Management • Business Development • Project Management • Advocacy • Leadership Development and Change Management

M.K. Padma Kumar is involved in developing strategies and managing operations for the IPE Global Group.

He has over 25 years of experience in the development sector, working in civil society organisations and international development agencies like DANIDA and DFID. As the Head of State Partnerships at the DFID India, he was responsible for developing partnerships, programme design, management and strategic oversight of all programmes implemented in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha. He has managed various development programmes. His expertise lies in driving operational, financial and programmatic transformations. Before DFID, he was associated with Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), Help Age and World Wildlife Fund.

He holds a Master’s degree in Business Management with specialisation in Human Resource Management and Finance. He is extensively trained in Project Cycle Management, Grant Management, Performance Management, Leadership Skills and Change Management.

 

Abdul Rahim

Chief Knowledge Officer

Expertise

Management Consulting • Finance • Governance • Change Management • Knowledge Management • ICT4D • Communications • Business Strategy

Abdul Rahim is a senior development professional with over 20 years of experience across diverse sectors, including urban, health, rural & social development, and IT & e-governance. He has led several large, multi-year, multi-departmental projects such as the Health Systems Development Initiative (HSDI) for the Government of West Bengal; Odisha Modernising Economy, Governance & Administration (OMEGA) programme for the Government of Odisha, and Growth Resources and Opportunities for Wealth Creation (GROW) with the Government of Bihar.

He played a key role as the Quality Monitoring and Evaluation Expert in the DFID-supported Knowledge Partnership Programme (KPP), Knowledge Management (KM) and M&E Specialist in USAID-supported SAMRIDH and SAMVEG Projects. He has served as the Cross-Learning Platform Expert for the BMGF-supported WeCan programme. He has been an advisor to several government agencies throughout India and internationally across Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Jordan.

He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from XLRI Jamshedpur (India). He is an accredited Management Teacher from AIMA. He’s a a certified Trainer, NLP Practitioner and a member of Toastmasters International & Junior Chamber International.

LIFE AT IPE

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Development (L&D)

We inspire people to be better.

Our intuitive and personalised programmes provide clear path for growth, leadership development, and help people sharpen their skills.

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Your journey starts from Day One….

Structured Onboarding

Helps align expectations and lays the foundation for your success

New Hire Training

Makes you familiar with the organisation; helps you settle down in a new work environment

Customized L&D Platform

Helps upskill at your own pace through continuous learning and training programmes

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Performance Management

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Learning is not always a formal process. We also align our organisation values to a culture of learning