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Evidence Dialogues series: what works for investing smarter in climate action

Asking the right question: evidence, method, and what the RCT debate is missing

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Asking the right question: evidence, method, and what the RCT debate is missing

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Addressing irregular migration: Insights from 3ie’s latest evidence synthesis

Marie Gaarder honoured for advancing evidence-based policymaking

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Marie Gaarder honoured for advancing evidence-based policymaking

Synthesis Report: Addressing Root Causes and Drivers of Irregular Migration

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Synthesis report: Addressing root causes and drivers of Irregular Migration

Voices of change - the women of DAY-NRLM

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Voices of change - the women of DAY-NRLM

What we know about Legal Pathways

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What we know about legal pathways

3ie and WHO sign MoU to strengthen evidence-informed policy-making in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

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3ie and WHO sign MoU to strengthen evidence-informed policy-making in the Eastern…

Commitment to a Sustainable Evidence Infrastructure for Impact Evaluations

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Commitment to a Sustainable Evidence Infrastructure for Impact Evaluations

Asking the right question: evidence, method, and what the RCT debate is missing
06 Jul 2026

Asking the right question: evidence, method, and what the RCT debate is missing

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30 Jun 2026

Addressing irregular migration: Insights from 3ie’s latest evidence synthesis

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11 Jun 2026

The missing middle: why connecting evidence systems to decision systems is key

OECD panel
02 Jun 2026

Evidence in a fragmented world: some reflections

DEYANIRA_SOACHA
14 Apr 2026

A lasting win against food insecurity

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08 Apr 2026

Making AI work: Practical applications in impact evaluation

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24 Mar 2026

Empowering rural women through enterprise in India: the DAY-NRLM journey and the road ahead

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25 Feb 2026

Why impact evaluations matter: Lessons from Bangladesh’s rapidly evolving aquaculture…

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09 Jul 2026

Evidence Dialogues series: what works for investing smarter in climate action

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19 Jun 2026

Field Research Assistant - Consultant

Commitment to a Sustainable Evidence Infrastructure for Impact Evaluations
18 Feb 2026

Commitment to a Sustainable Evidence Infrastructure for Impact Evaluations

Marie Gaarder honoured for advancing evidence-based policymaking
07 Jan 2026

Marie Gaarder honoured for advancing evidence-based policymaking

AI investment to transform global policy with real-time scientific evidence
25 Sep 2025

AI investment to transform global policy with real-time scientific evidence

Voices of change - the women of DAY-NRLM
19 Sep 2025

Voices of change - the women of DAY-NRLM

Momentum Grows for Evidence-Informed Development: New Signatories Join the Global Evidence Commitment at Oslo Convening
11 Nov 2025

Momentum Grows for Evidence-Informed Development: New Signatories Join the Global Evidence…

3ie and WHO sign MoU to strengthen evidence-informed policy-making in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
16 Feb 2026

3ie and WHO sign MoU to strengthen evidence-informed policy-making in the Eastern…

Synthesis Report: Addressing Root Causes and Drivers of Irregular Migration
30 Jun 2026

Synthesis report: Addressing root causes and drivers of Irregular Migration

What we know about Human Capital Strengthening interventions
30 Jun 2026

What we know about human capital strengthening interventions

What we know about Information Campaigns
30 Jun 2026

What we know about information campaigns

What we know bbout External Migration Management
30 Jun 2026

What we know about external migration management

Integrating Aquaculture–Agriculture to Combat Food Insecurity in Malawi (IAAM): A Baseline Report
25 May 2026

Integrating Aquaculture–Agriculture to Combat Food Insecurity in Malawi (IAAM): A Baseline…

Transforming rural livelihoods in India: Findings from NRETP and NRLM evaluation
26 Dec 2025

Transforming rural livelihoods in India: Findings from NRETP and NRLM evaluation

Improving labour market outcomes through learning-to-earning interventions in low- and middle-income countries: An evidence gap map
11 Jun 2026

Improving labour market outcomes through learning-to-earning interventions in low- and…

Aquaculture in transition: Lessons from the impact evaluation of the IDEA project in Bangladesh
25 Feb 2026

Aquaculture in transition: Lessons from the impact evaluation of the IDEA project in…

Transforming rural livelihoods in India: Findings from NRETP and NRLM evaluation
10 Feb 2026

Transforming rural livelihoods in India: Findings from NRETP and NRLM evaluation

What we offer

What we offer

We offer an innovative and impactful suite of products and services across the research program cycle. We push development evidence beyond bare bones impact evaluations and systematic reviews to facilitate evidence and its use by governments, development institutions and funders. We tailor our approach to partners’ individual needs and strategic objectives and remain at the forefront of evidence-informed policy and practice.
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Our work

Our work

Nutrition and Food Security

Everyone needs reliable access to sufficient, safe and affordable nutritious food, coupled with a sanitary environment, adequate health, education and care. However, all too often, this need is not fu...
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Promoting and Mapping Sustainable Energy Evidence to Achieve SDG7

Delivering sustainable energy for all (SDG7) is key to making progress on several sustainable goals.
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Rural India Livelihoods Project

India's Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission aims to link the rural poor to sustainable livelihood opportunities and financial services. 3ie has been generating rigorous evide...
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Understanding Impacts of El Niño and the Indian Ocean Dipole in the Indo-Pacific

Climate events have significant consequences on societies and economies, deeply affecting people’s livelihoods, income, food security, and health conditions. Climate patterns can influenc...
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West Africa Capacity-building and Impact Evaluation

The West Africa Capacity-building and Impact Evaluation (WACIE) program is a regional initiative that supports and promotes the culture of evidence-informed decision-making among high-lev...
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Transparent, Reproducible and Ethical Evidence (TREE)

3ie champions the research transparency and reproducibility movement as a means of understanding and mitigating challenges to the credibility of social science research, while also workin...
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Members

Our members are public and private donors, government agencies from low and middle-income countries and NGOs

Partners

Partners

Our partnerships complement and extend our member network to strengthen the impact of our work and achieve deeper and more sustainable change in all areas of our work

Supporters

Supporters

Our supporters are donors that share something in common – a deep commitment to using high-quality evidence to inform development policies and programs that can improve the lives of people

Team

Team

Marie-Gaarder

Marie Gaarder

Executive Director
Birte Snilstveit

Birte Snilstveit

Director – Synthesis and Reviews and Head of London office
Hitesh Somani

Hitesh Somani

Director - Finance and Administration
Neelakshi Mann

Neelakshi Mann

Program Director - Asia
Sebastian Martinez

Sebastian Martinez

Director of Evaluation
Thomas_kelly

Thomas Kelly

Director – Evidence for Policy and Learning
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Studies in the Development Evidence Portal

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Summaries of impact of our research evidence

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Evidence Hub

Evidence Hub

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Publications

We maintain a range of free online and decision-support products

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Registry for International Development Impact...

RIDIE is a prospective registry of impact evaluations of development policies and programs in L&MICs

JDEFF

Journal of Development Effectiveness

The journal publishes papers reporting evidence of impact of development interventions

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