Under the GEG/IRMA Consoritum, Lezlie designed and led the research leading to ELRHA’s ‘Global Prioritisation Exercise for Research and Innovation’ (Stage 1: 1—08/2017). In the compendium of research and innovation linked to humanitarian action, 694 outputs were catalogued representing the investment of 825 organisations funded by 219 donors. A primary dataset was developed through a rigorous literature review (RLR), which systematically selected and examined 541 documents compiled by rule-based searches of scholastic and grey literature. GPE Phase One has charted new territory in cataloguing humanitarian action and establishes an exciting baseline of opportunities for meaningful research and innovation in the humanitarian sphere.

Evaluation of Madagascar WFP Country Strategic Plan 2019-2023
In 2023, IRMA LLC, commissioned by Particip, conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the impact of the World Food Programme’s strategy in Madagascar. This large-scale evaluation of the 2019-2023 Country Strategic Plan (CSP) aimed to gather evidence for accountability and learning,



