Mathematica ‘s evaluation of MCC’s irrigation infrastructure and market access intervention in Niger will incorporate remotely sensed data, in addition to information from farmer surveys, to improve yield estimates and assess changes in agricultural productivity.

Matt Sloan
- Conducting rigorous program evaluations
- Managing complex data collections
- Managing international program evaluations in Francophone African and other developing country contexts
- International Research
- Food and Agriculture
- Education and Workforce Development
Matt Sloan has significant international experience working in developing countries, conducting rigorous program evaluations, and managing complex data collection.
Sloan currently leads several evaluations of programs designed to improve education outcomes. He is directing impact evaluations of programs in Burkina Faso and Niger aimed to increase girls’ school enrollment, attendance, and learning. T He is also overseeing the design of a monitoring, evaluation, and learning framework and implementation of a multi-method impact evaluation of a program that supports education initiatives for economically disadvantaged students in sub-Saharan Africa and other areas in the developing world. . In the Republic of Georgia, he is directing a five-year evaluation of education investments aimed at rehabilitating school infrastructure, classroom assessments, and teacher training.
Sloan also focuses on the agriculture sector and directs an evaluation of activities to enhance that sector in Morocco. He oversaw the design of an ex-post evaluation of a farmer training and technical assistance program in Madagascar and implementation of a performance evaluation of activities there.
In the democracy and governance sector, Sloan recently completed a multi-method evaluation of the Rwanda Threshold Program, which focused on strengthening the rule of law, civil society, civic participation, media, and the inspectorate services of the national police.
Sloan, who joined Mathematica in 2004, presents to professional associations, including the American Evaluation Association, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Comparative and International Educational Society, and Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness. He holds an M.S. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin—Madison and a B.A. in international relations from Pomona College.