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Afghan Center for Socio-Economic and Opinion Research (ACSOR)
ACSOR’s staff is led by an executive team including:
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- Matthew Warshaw, Managing Director
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- Assen Blagoev, Vice President
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- Mohammad Ashraf Salehi, Administrative and Field Director, ashraf.salehi@acsor-surveys.com. Tel. 93 (0) 799-011-274.
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- Ihsan Atai, Finance Director (2008-today); former SIEMENS Commercial Manager (2006-2008), Education Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul Turkey (2000-2005), ihsan.atai@acsor-surveys.com, Tel. 93 (0) 799-620-639 and 93 (0) 75-202-3432
Background:
Founded in 2003, the Afghan Center for Socio-Economic and Opinion Research (ACSOR) is the first registered for-profit market and opinion research firm operating in Afghanistan. ACSOR offers a variety of services including opinion polling, monitoring and evaluation, marketing and consumer studies, media monitoring, and other quantitative and qualitative research.
ACSOR utilizes the expertise of:
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- Over 40 full-time employees in Kabul, including English-speaking project managers, field managers, and IT specialists
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- More than 65 field supervisors
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- A pool of over 1,000 male and female multi-ethnic interviewers
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- A large cadre of data entry specialists, transcribers, and translators
- The nature of Afghan culture requires gender and ethnic matching of interviewer teams to respondents. To meet this need, ACSOR maintains a 50% female workforce and a mix of ethnicities across the country.
Supporting International Development
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Adam Smith International
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Afghan Reconstruction Group
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Afghan Ministry of Counter Narcotics
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Army Corps of Engineers
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Asia Foundation
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BBC World Service Trust
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BRAC
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British Embassy
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British Council
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Center for Naval Analysis
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Coffey International
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Counterpart International
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Department for International Development (DFID)
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ICF International
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International Relief & Development
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International Republican Institute
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International Committee of the Red Cross
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Langer Research Associates
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Management Sciences for Health
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Management Systems International
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National Democratic Institute
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Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
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RTI International
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Special Investigator General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)
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United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
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United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
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United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
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United States Embassy
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World Bank
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World Justice Project
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