{jathumbnail off}Wadonda Consult (WACO) is an independent consulting firm established in 1996 and is registered under the Business Names Registration Act. WACO operates on the basis of partnership with consultants in economic and social research. They provide consultancy services to government departments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and the private sector.
Their mission is to offer excellent consultancy services and to conduct high quality research in supporting the economic and social development in Malawi and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) within an international context.
The overall corporate objectives are to conduct economic and social research and offer consultancy services with the aim of informing decision-makers in public and private institutions in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their programmes or activities. Specific objectives include to:
- Initiate and generate ideas for economic and social research, both academic and policy-oriented research, which will attract funding from international and local organisations.
- Conduct training in form of short courses, in economic management and economic policies, project management, social policy and research methods.
- Offer consultancy services in the following areas of competence: sector analyses; economic management and policy analyses; food security and nutrition programmes; socioeconomic studies; evaluation of economic and social programmes, and any other areas.
- Conduct research in productivity analysis and provide consultancy services on the most efficient use of scarce resources in the public and private sectors.
- Link Malawian researchers and fully utilize their expertise by subcontracting and organising them in teams for specialized research or consultancy activities.
- Disseminate research results to decision/policy makers through publications, conferences, workshops and seminars.