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Nextier Development Foundation

What We Do

Four pillars, one method: make performance visible, test what works, and put the evidence in public hands.

  1. Transmission towers receding along a corridor at dusk, one substation gantry in the foreground.

    Power and Energy

    No economy grows in the dark, and no household thrives without light. We track how the power sector performs and put the evidence before the people who set policy.

    Power and Energy

    20 publications (Power) · 26 videos — Data & Publications

  2. Two researchers crouched at the edge of a red-earth clearing annotating a paper map, seen from behind in flat overcast light.

    Security and Peacebuilding

    People cannot live freely where violence goes unmeasured. We make patterns of insecurity visible and bring community evidence into national conversations about public safety.

    Security and Peacebuilding

    20 publications (SPD) · 11 videos — Data & Publications

  3. An empty polling unit exterior with queue rails running diagonally and a notice board of unresolvable papers, one distant figure.

    Institutions and Democracy

    A society is only as fair as the institutions that serve it. We track whether public institutions are becoming more capable, and strengthen the civic mechanisms that hold them to account.

    Institutions and Democracy

    5 publications — Data & Publications

  4. Young policy fellows in discussion around a table.

    Public Knowledge and Leadership

    Evidence changes little until people act on it. We create spaces where policymakers, researchers, and citizens test ideas in public, and we invest in the next generation of Nigerian policy leaders.

    Public Knowledge and Leadership

    93 videos — Data & Publications

Building the next generation

The people who will live longest with today’s policies should help shape them.

Building the next generation