Evidence built inside the work, not around it.

Co-researchers, not subjects.

Data collection is designed with local stakeholders from the outset. Workers and entrepreneurs in active programs shape the research questions, gather evidence, and validate findings before publication.

This keeps the evidence grounded in practice. When a finding contradicts the framework, the framework is revised—not the finding.

Evidence practitioners can use.

Wage floors and career ladders in East African hospitality

Small business survival rates in community-led tourism models

Participatory data collection in tourism-dependent communities

Documents wage trajectory data across 340 hospitality workers in three cohort years, with policy recommendations for national skills frameworks.

Three-year longitudinal study of 87 micro-enterprises across Southeast Asia, tracking ownership retention, revenue stability, and peer-network effects.

Methodology paper describing ACTL's co-researcher framework, instrument design, and validation process for replication by development practitioners.

Open access — PDF and dataset available

Open access — PDF and dataset available

Open access — PDF and dataset available

Build on the evidence base with us.

Academic partners, development funders, and governments can access full datasets, co-design new research questions, or commission applied studies within active ACTL programs.