Nedjma Koval

Chief Executive Officer and Founder – Integrated International (INTEGRATED)

Education Working Group Co-Chair

Nedjma Koval-Saifi is a development practitioner and founder of Integrated International, a Research, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning-specialized firm, working to maximize the impact of development programs throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. With a passion for seeking solutions that can leapfrog development challenges, and a focus on increased utilization of data to influence policy, program design and improved development outcomes, Nedjma specializes in testing models of Arabic literacy. Her work has been published and showcased in fora such as the Annual Grand Challenge Meeting 2017, UNESCO Mobile Learning Week 2018, and CIES Conference 2019. Based in MENA, Nedjma Koval-Saifi is an active advocate of the research agenda of the Global South, and joined the Scaling Community of Practice 2019-2020 as Global South fellow, and is current Co-Chair of the Education Working Group of the Scaling Community of Practice. She holds an MA and is pursuing a PhD in Development Economics from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and BA in Economics from George Washington University. She is the current Chair of the Fulbright Commission in Jordan, Board member of the Abdel Hamid Shoman Foundation and Microfund for Women, and a Steering Committee Member at Ministry of Education – Jordan for Evidence-Based Decision-Making for Policy