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Shaping Equitable, Inclusive, Resilient Economies Across Emerging Markets

Because equitable, inclusive, just futures aren’t optional. They are overdue!

Equal

Workplaces

Inclusive

Markets

Resilient

Communities

Equitable

Economies

About
Us

Zouri builds the invisible infrastructure that makes economies work for everyone.
We strengthen the data systems, decision frameworks, incentives, and institutional capabilities that determine how workplaces function, how markets allocate resources, how communities withstand shocks, and how economies grow.

Grounded in rigorous evidence, we build the tools, standards, institutional capabilities that enable governments, enterprises, and ecosystem actors to engineer equity into their decision-making. Zouri builds frameworks, tools, and insights that help governments, donors, investors & practitioners design equitable economies.

MISSION

To strengthen the data, decision-making systems, and institutional capabilities that enable equitable, inclusive, and resilient economic outcomes-by design, not by exception.

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Latest Resources & Insights from Zouri

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Our Approach

Zouri operates as a systems-focused research, innovation & Technical assistance facility. We combine deep analytical rigour with practical, operational tools that institutions can adopt and scale. Our approach integrates:

 

  • Evidence & Analytics – generating research, diagnostics, and system maps that reveal structural barriers and economic opportunity.

  • Institutional Design & Standards – developing frameworks, scorecards, and operational models to embed equity into workplace, market, and community systems.

  • Capability Strengthening – building the technical, organisational, and leadership capacities required for institutions to deliver equitable outcomes.

  • Policy & Systems Influence – shaping the rules, incentives, financing logic, and norms that govern economic behaviour.

Zouri's Theory of Change

Zouri strengthens the underlying systems that shape economic opportunities—data, incentives, programme design, financing logic, and institutional capabilities. As these systems shift across workplaces, markets, and community structures, equitable economies emerge as a structural outcome, not a statistical anomaly.

Our Work is Anchored in 4 Commitments

Structural Clarity

We describe problems precisely—through data, diagnostics, and system mapping

Design Discipline

We translate evidence into tools that can be embedded into everyday decisions

Institutional Capability

We build the skills, systems, and incentives organisations need to deliver equitable outcomes

Institutional Capability

We build the skills, systems, and incentives organisations need to deliver equitable outcomes

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Operating Principles

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Equity as Economic Logic – fairness is not an add-on; it is a driver of productivity, resilience, and stability

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Systems Over Symptoms – durable change emerges from strengthening underlying structures, not surface-level interventions

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Evidence Before Opinion – rigorous data and diagnostics guide every recommendation

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Institutional Capability First – outcomes shift only when institutions have the tools, skills, and incentives to act

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Scalability & Replicability – tools and frameworks are designed for adoption across multiple institutions

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