Assessing the impact of delivering messages through intimate partners to create demand for voluntary medical male circumcision in Uganda

3ie Impact Evaluation Report 48

Aggrey S Semeere, Denis S Bbaale, Barbara Castelnuovo, Agnes N Kiragga, Joanita Kigozi, Alex Muganzi, Andrew Kambugu and Alex G Coutinho

This study evaluates whether an information-based, partner-mediated intervention through pregnant mothers in the third trimester significantly increased demand for VMMC among their male partners in Kampala, Uganda. Overall, the intervention had no significant impact on increasing demand for VMMC. The intervention increased the level of comfort of the female partner in engaging men in a conversation on VMMC. Men seemed to understand the benefits of VMMC but majority need help to navigate religious, cultural, financial, and work-related barriers to VMMC.

Impact evaluation of the UN Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund-supported East Darfur Assalaya-Sheiria-Yassin Triangle of Peace and Coexistence project

Impact evaluation 3ie 2024

This report presents new evidence on the effectiveness of a peacebuilding project in Darfur, Sudan supported by the United Nations Secretary-General's Peacebuilding Fund. It shows that the project reduced the number of land conflicts and improved service provision.

An impact assessment of EAMDA’s banana initiative to increase technology adoption by smallholder farmers in Kenya

Impact evaluation 3ie 2023

The authors of this study evaluate the short-run impacts of a project aimed at modernizing banana cultivation in Kenya implemented by the East Africa Market Development Associates (EAMDA).

Impact Evaluation of the ADN Dignidad Program: Understanding the impact of a Humanitarian Cash Transfer (HCT) program in Colombia

Impact evaluation 3ie 2023

The authors of this report examine the effectiveness of unconditional cash transfers for improving the lives of displaced Venezuelans and their households in Colombia.

Community advocacy forums and public service delivery in Uganda: Impact and the role of information, deliberation and administrative placement

Impact evaluation 3ie 2021

The authors of this report examine the impact of community advocacy forums or citizen barazas in holding the government accountable and on public service delivery in Uganda.

Evaluation of secondary school teacher training under the School Sector Development Programme in Nepal