Research & Analysis for Policy & Planning
FDR has extensive experience working with municipal and federal level planning bodies in North America and internationally in providing research aimed at informing public policy and planning as well as analyzing and modeling risk through econometric tools.
Edmund Doku is a licensed professional engineer, with more than fifteen years of planning experience in North America and internationally.
Evgeny Vorotnikov is an economic expert who has represented the United States Postal Service and estimated costs of negotiated contracts of the American Postal Workers Union, National Rural Letter Carriers Association, National Association of Letter Carriers, and National Postal Mail Handlers Union. Mr. Vorotnikov has successfully presented and helped in the resolution of labor dispute cases with arbitrators for unionized employees in non-regulated industries.
Ana Androsik has been teaching public policy and planning in Health, Economic and Rural Development Sectors as a part of the curriculum of both International Development and Gender and Development courses. She conducted research for the utilization by Canadian and US governments, European Union, multiple developing states, and multilateral organizations. Ana’s research was published by the European Commission and was used to inform Gender and Economic Justice policy.
Our research specifically informs planning services through:
- Risk Modeling
- Industry Sector Analysis
- Gender Analysis
- Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats Analysis
- Community Needs Assessment
- Economic & Econometric Analysis
- Labour Market Analysis
- Program and Policy Review and Evaluation
- Business Plan Development
- Peer Review
