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3ie’s Development Evidence Portal: Value for money in a time of resource uncertainty

To respond to a rapidly-changing global context, the evaluation community needs to adapt its methods and approaches, according to an expert panel assembled by the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group (IEG).

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How to communicate a null-results impact evaluation

Development programs aim to improve outcomes for poor and vulnerable populations, from better health and increased learning to higher productivity and incomes. Impact evaluations apply research tools to assess whether those intended outcomes were achieved because of the program.

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Insights from the Development Evidence Portal – the Middle East and North Africa

Insights from the Development Evidence Portal – the Middle East and North Africa

Our latest piece in the ‘state of the evidence’ series – which interprets data by unpacking the studies in our Development Evidence Portal (DEP) – focuses on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. . The DEP currently includes 740 impact evaluations (IE) and 352 systematic reviews (SR) from the region, which is the second smallest amongst regions containing low- and middle-income…

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01 July 2025
Johannes Linn
Johannes Linn
Ezgi-Ecem
Ezgi Ecem Yılmaz +
 

Embedding scaling into evaluation methodology and practice: A call to action

As it faces the current development finance crisis, the development community is looking for diversified funding sources, including domestic resources, private investment, and charitable giving…
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30 June 2025
Tanvi
Tanvi
Divya Pandey
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What works to increase women’s adoption of digital payment services in India

Digital inclusion has become a fundamental prerequisite for accessing the modern financial system and ensuring the effective delivery of essential governance services. India and other low- and middle…
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27 June 2025
Cem Yavuz
Cem Yavuz +
 

Reflections from a global discussion on the learning-to-earning evidence base

On 17 June, 3ie and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) convened a series of online roundtables with stakeholders across the technical and vocational education and training …
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23 June 2025
Cem Yavuz
Cem Yavuz
Esteban J Quiñones
Esteban J Quiñones +
 

Reaching SDG 7: Sustainable energy for all is a complex goal. Evidence about how to get there is uneven

While the vast majority of the world’s population has access to electricity, 571.2 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa do not. At the same time, to meet interconnected climate goals, reliance on…
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23 June 2025
Abhinav Dubey
Abhinav Dubey
Rohan Shah
Rohan Shah +
 

Managing large-scale surveys: best practices to ensure data quality

Our team is evaluating India’s National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)—one of the world’s largest poverty alleviation programs. The study spans nine states of the country, covering over 25,000…
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