Services
Matatihi delivers two packaged, decision-ready offerings: SROI / social impact evaluations and economic impact analysis. When the work doesn’t fit a template, we also support project-based research and decision science across social, economic, and environmental topics.
Social impact and SROI evaluations
Independent SROI evaluations with audit-ready outputs and CBAx-compatible reporting for funders, boards, and agencies.
- Tiered packages with clear scope, timelines, and conservative assumptions
- Board-ready summary outputs plus validation / provenance checks
- CBAx bridging for straightforward agency review
- Option to report economic footprint (multipliers) alongside — not inside the ratio
Designed for scrutiny: clear counterfactuals, attribution, and defensible valuation choices.
Economic impact analysis (GDP, jobs, wages)
Fast, lightweight estimates of GDP (value added), employment, wages, and NZ-content — built for Aotearoa funding, investment, and reporting.
- Start with the free calculator for indicative scoping
- Rapid analyst-reviewed “impact note” when numbers must be defensible
- Decision-ready reports with scenarios and clear “what’s in / what’s out” boundaries
- Transparent assumptions, sensitivities, and conservative framing
Built for decisions, not just reporting.
Research, evaluation, and decision science support
Some projects don’t fit a standard service line — they need an economist or decision scientist to plug into an existing team. We support organisations and researchers with methods, modelling, evidence synthesis, and decision-ready reporting.
- Economic and non-market valuation (social, cultural, environmental outcomes)
- Evaluation design and QA: causal logic, assumptions discipline, sensitivity structure
- Decision science: trade-offs, priorities, and preference elicitation (MCDA-style problems)
- Evidence synthesis and parameter packs that stand up to scrutiny
Good fit when you need…
- Independent methods support before funding bids, investment memos, or publication
- Numbers that must survive challenge from boards, agencies, or technical reviewers
- A clear narrative that matches the maths (and avoids over-claiming)
Typical partners include researchers, CRIs, councils, iwi organisations, foundations, and mission-led programmes.