We understand that excellent research thrives on reliable data.
With extensive experience in survey design, implementation, and data analysis, MDRI brings about the most effective solutions in implementing large-scale surveys using innovative, transparent, and reliable approaches.
We combine state-of-the-art technologies, including PAPI and CAPI, with our experience in implementing strict monitoring and quality control measures, such as via a system of indicators that we designed to assess enumerators’ performance and to minimize data collection errors, especially non-sampling errors.
Never underestimating the human role, we also pride ourselves on having a team of surveyors with strong motivation and work ethics, who strictly abide by MDRI’s principles of honesty and integrity when collecting data.
Client: Center for Comparative and International Studies, ETH Zurich Time: June 2018 – November 2018 Overview: The project explores the relationship between environmental migration and conflict likelihood, focusing on the role of urbanization. As part of the project, the project collects data from both migrants and non-migrants from 3 urban centers: Hanoi (HN), Ho Chi Minh…
Project Name: International Social Survey Program – Social Perception Survey in Vietnam Client: National Opinion Research Center (NORC), University of Chicago Time: July 2018 – March 2019 Overview: The International Social Survey Program (ISSP) is a continuous program of cross-national collaboration running annual surveys on topics important for the social sciences. The Social Perception Survey in Vietnam…
OVERVIEW Mekong Development Research Institute has been commissioned by DFAT to undertake the Public Opinion Survey 2017. The survey covering 5000 respondents from 10 provinces all over Vietnam was conducted over a period of 3 months during late 2016 – early 2017. The survey is instrumental in providing a representative picture of the Vietnamese people’…
OVERVIEW In April 2017, MDRI conducted the “Baseline Survey for Scaling up Rural Water Supply and Sanitation in Vietnam” in 4 provinces in the Northern Mountains and Central Highlands (NM-CH) regions of Vietnam as commissioned by the World Bank. The survey was part of the technical assistance provided by the Work Bank to the government, which…
OVERVIEW What will happen to residential demand for electricity if the government of Vietnam wants to increase electricity tariffs to cost recovery, a level estimated at 20 percent above current prices? To answer this research question, a study was conducted to measure the demand elasticity of the electricity consumption in Vietnam and characterize it. The…
Authors: Mekong Development Research Institute (MDRI) research team, Adam Smith International and The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Published: August 2017 Background The Cao Lanh Bridge is part of the Central Mekong Delta Connectivity Project (CMDCP) in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. The project is located on the boundaries of…
OVERVIEW Global Value Chains (GVCs) are a dominant economic reality in the 21st century. The way the global economy produces and exchanges goods has never been more dynamic or more interconnected. In policy fora, the importance of GVCs as a way for firms – in particular SMEs – in developing countries to take advantage of…
