Development Priorities Evidence Program

Launched in 2015, this program focused on generating evidence in priority sectors closely aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals. 3ie supported 14 rigorous, high-quality impact evaluations in four sectors: environment, governance, infrastructure and public finance. UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (formerly DFID) funded this work.

Development Priorities Evidence Program

Environment

Evaluations under this sector focused on a range of environment interventions in Bangladesh, Cambodia and India. These evaluations focus on air pollution policies, payment for ecosystem services, agricultural practices to conserve water and access to safe drinking water source.

Governance

Under this sector, we supported evaluations in Bangladesh on the effectiveness of judicial reform, in Colombia on programs to reduce crime and violence, and in Pakistan to improve public service delivery.

Infrastructure

To understand the effects of infrastructural development on poverty, irrigation schemes, willingness to pay for services, transit systems, railroads and labour markets, we supported studies in China, India, Pakistan, Rwanda and Tanzania.

Public Finance

We supported an impact evaluation of an unconditional cash transfer scheme in Zambia.

At a glance

Start date 2015
End date March 2020
Geography Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Colombia, India, Pakistan, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia
Sector Environment, Governance, Infrastructure and Public Finance
Partners Center for Economic Research in Pakistan; Cornell University; Innovations for Poverty Action; Institute for Fiscal Studies; International Rice Research Institute; JPAL South Asia at IFMR; President and Fellows of Harvard College; Stockholm University; Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai; The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (formerly DFID); University of California, Berkeley; Wildlife Conservation Society
Contact
Monica Jain
Deeksha Ahuja