Independent economics and public policy advisory From the record World Bank, 2023: Enabling Foreign Direct Investment in the Renewable Energy Sector
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Economics and policy expertise built for consequential decisions.

Integrated advisory across policy design, government delivery, development outcomes, investment, and behavior.

Start with the decision. Then assemble the evidence it actually requires.

Public challenges rarely fit inside a single discipline. PSG brings together applied economics, policy analysis, institutional understanding, strategic problem solving, and implementation thinking.

Engagements are tailored to the question and the operating context, rather than forced into a standard methodology.

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Who we serve

Economic policy and public finance

Macroeconomic and fiscal analysis, policy scenarios, and regulatory impact.

We help leaders understand economic conditions, evaluate policy choices, and make the trade-offs visible. The work connects macroeconomic and sector evidence to specific public decisions.

  • Macroeconomic assessment
  • Fiscal and expenditure analysis
  • Policy scenario development
  • Economic impact analysis
  • Sector and market economics
  • Regulatory-impact assessment

Government strategy and delivery

Institutional design, performance systems, and program implementation.

We support public leaders in translating priorities into coherent strategies, delivery systems, and measurable outcomes grounded in institutional and political reality.

  • Government strategy
  • Institutional and operating-model design
  • Program architecture
  • Delivery and performance systems
  • Implementation roadmaps
  • Stakeholder alignment

International development and evaluation

Program strategy, theory of change, evaluation, and evidence synthesis.

We help development institutions and mission-led organizations strengthen program logic, assess performance, synthesize evidence, and improve decisions about scale and impact.

  • Program and portfolio strategy
  • Theory of change
  • Program evaluation
  • Evidence synthesis
  • Institutional assessment
  • Learning and adaptation

Investment climate and regulatory policy

Foreign direct investment strategy, regulatory risk, and market attractiveness.

We examine how regulation, institutions, market conditions, and government action influence investment decisions and sustainable economic growth.

  • Investment-climate diagnostics
  • Foreign direct investment strategy
  • Regulatory-risk assessment
  • Market and sector attractiveness
  • Investor grievance frameworks
  • Public-private investment pathways

Behavioral insights for policy

Behavioral diagnosis, policy adoption, and evidence-based communications.

We apply behavioral evidence to understand why people, organizations, and institutions do not always respond to policy as intended, and what can improve adoption and outcomes.

  • Behavioral diagnosis
  • Policy adoption and compliance
  • Decision bias assessment
  • Stakeholder-response design
  • Evidence-based communications
  • Intervention testing

Define the mandate clearly. Build the evidence needed to act.

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