Seminars

Our seminars provide a platform for researchers, policymakers and programme managers to share lessons learned from evaluations and reviews in a wide-variety of sectors.

We organise monthly seminars in Delhi to promote public discussions on the production and use of high-quality evidence for informing decision-making. We also organise the monthly 3ie-LIDC seminar series ‘What works in international development,’ in London

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Previous events

04
December 2019

Improving iron and folic acid supplementation through quality improvement: an effectiveness-implementation hybrid study type III

Webinar 04 December 2019
Speakers in this webinar discussed how they adopted the effectiveness-implementation hybrid design, to improve the delivery of iron-folic acid supplementation (IFAS) program within antenatal care for pregnant women in Uganda.

Learning about learning from learning about learning

Learning about learning from learning about learning

Seminar 03 December 2019 New Delhi, India
In this 3ie Delhi seminar, Lant Pritchett reflected on what these randomised evaluations have got wrong and right in the last few decades.

Plastics in the food system: impacts on human health, economy and the environment

Plastics in the food system: A scoping review of the impacts on human health, environment, individual/household economics and food security

Seminar 27 November 2019 London, UK
This seminar reviewed food system literature from ‘farm to flush’, examining the extent (volume of research), range (variety of exposure-outcome relationships) and nature (study characteristics) of evidence pertaining to both the beneficial and harmful impacts of food system plastics on human health, the environment, and individual or household level food security and economics.

30
October 2019
London, UK

CEDIL lecture: Turning ‘evidence for development on its head

CEDIL 30 October 2019 London, UK
Ruth Stewart (Africa Centre for Evidence) proposes a new lens through which to view ‘evidence for development’ and celebrate the successes of evidence communities in Africa.

Making data reusable: Lessons from replications of impact evaluations

Making data reusable: Lessons from replications of impact evaluations

CEDIL 09 October 2019 London, UK
Marie Gaarder shared the findings from 3ie's efforts to conduct replications of impact evaluations, discuss lessons learned and possible recommendations for various stakeholders. This event is part of the CEDIL-Centre for Evaluation Lecture series.

Does promoting citizen engagement in the governance of public services improve development outcomes?

Does promoting citizen engagement in the governance of public services improve development outcomes?

Seminar 25 September 2019 London, UK
Ada Sonnenfeld, the lead author of the review, presented the key findings and implications for policy and programmes.

Producing and using evidence for policymaking in West Africa

Producing and using evidence for policymaking in West Africa

Seminar 12 September 2019 Cotonou, Benin
As part of the Africa Evidence Week 2019, the West Africa Capacity-building and Impact Evaluation (WACIE) program, a partnership between 3ie and the Government of Benin, organised a seminar on the production and use of evidence in public policy design and management in West Africa.

Socio-economic impacts of the Konkan Railway in India

Socio-economic and environmental impacts of the Konkan Railway in India

Seminar 26 July 2019 New Delhi, India
T Jayaraman and Sreeja Jaiswal (Tata Institute of Social Sciences) presented findings from a 3ie-funded impact evaluation of the socio-economic and environmental impact of the Konkan Railway in India.

Improving the delivery of direct benefit transfers in India

Improving the delivery of direct benefit transfers in India

Seminar 21 June 2019 New Delhi, India
Shruti Viswanathan presented findings from recent studies that unpack the implementation and impact challenges of these transfers.

15
May 2019
London, UK

CEDIL lecture: Learning and adapting in development practice

CEDIL 15 May 2019 London, UK
Patrick Ward (CEDIL) will explore factors influencing the extent to which development programmes are able to adapt in the light of new evidence and learning.