Kareem Kysia
Pronouns: He/Him
With over 20 years of experience in international data collection, Kareem is an expert on cross-cultural survey design, analytics, and management of international projects related to persons in vulnerable and hard-to-reach situations including trafficking survivors, at-risk migrants, and indigenous peoples.
Kareem’s research focuses on forced labor, child labor, countering-trafficking-in-persons (CTIP), at-risk migration, and the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC). As program area director, Kareem directs and provides technical oversight on multiple extensive data collection projects funded by USAID, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. State Department, the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery, and the International Labour Organization among others. He is a member of the U.S. State Department’s Prevalence Reduction Innovation Forum (PRIF) where he works with research organizations around the world to define new methods in locating and researching hard-to-reach populations. For these projects, Kareem provides technical oversight on all aspects of the research and data collection for NORC, including methodology, quality control, budgeting, deliverables, and client interactions.
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Education
MS
University of Chicago
BA
Pennsylvania State University
Project Contributions
Publications
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Co-Creation with Indigenous Partners Reduces the Risk of Global Development Harms
Expert View | July 9, 2024
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Educational Attainment Among Children Exposed to Hazardous Child Labor in Cocoa Production in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana
Journal Article | February 23, 2024
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NORC Identifies Best Practices to Help USAID Work More Effectively with Indigenous Partners
NORC Article | December 21, 2023
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USAID POLICY ON PROMOTING THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Project Report | September 1, 2021
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opens in new tab"Child Labor in Cocoa Production in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana."
Project Report | October 27, 2020
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opens in new tab"Assessing Progress in Reducing Child Labor in Cocoa Production in Cocoa Growing Areas of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana."
Project Report | October 27, 2020
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Increase In Hazardous Child Labor In Cocoa Production Amid An Expansion Of Cocoa Farming In Cote D’ivoire And Ghana
Press Release | October 19, 2020
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Child Labor in Cocoa Production in Côte d’Ivoire & Ghana
Visual Brief | October 1, 2020