DRN (Development Researchers' Network) is an Italian consulting firm that provides its services to national and international organisations, to assist them in the formulation and management of development policies and programmes, in regions, countries or areas characterised by widespread poverty phenomena and/or by complex transition processes. DRN has developed a specific expertise in designing, managing and implementing evaluation exercises and is now one of the leading European companies in the evaluation field, contributing to the definition and enhancement of methodologies and tools, and assessing the effectiveness of cooperation modalities, national policies, donors' strategies, programmes and projects: