Learning from more than two decades of market access interventions for smallholder farmers

Pierre Marion, Shannon Shisler
10 December 2024 blog  

Subsistence or small-scale farming remains the primary source of livelihood for households in rural areas. Numerous factors inhibit farmers’ access and participation in markets—farmers being too far from markets, or not being connected with market actors, among others.

New FCDO Research Commissioning Centre funding round to understand evidence use in policymaking

Marie Gaarder, Andy Hinsley
05 December 2024 blog  
The first stream of funding will focus on learning from examples of evidence use in practice in economic policymaking. The second stream will be dedicated to evaluations of initiatives designed to increase uptake and use of evidence by policymakers.

Evidence on climate, biodiversity and livelihoods highly concentrated thematically and geographically

Pierre Marion, Constanza Gonzalez Parrao
29 November 2024 blog  

Climate change alters or destroys ecosystems on land, oceans and coasts, leading species to extinction, forcing animals to migrate for survival and resulting in the emergence of non-native invasive species. This biodiversity loss can, in turn, exacerbate the climate crisis with greater carbon emissions from land-use change and deforestation.

Journal of Development Effectiveness: walking the talk on TREE (Transparent, Reproducible and Ethical Evidence)

Chandan Jain, Marie Gaarder, Sudhanshu Handa
23 October 2024 blog  

We are excited to launch the special issue of the Journal of Development Effectiveness on Transparent, Reproducible and Ethical Evidence. Through the Journal, 3ie has promoted the publication of high-quality research to improve the process of evidence generation and rigor of impact evaluation studies.

Navigating ethical considerations in evaluations: 3ie's TREE Review Framework in practice

Andrew Tangang, Abishek Nippani, Dale Pereira, Chandan Jain
03 October 2024 blog  
Earlier this year, we collaborated with the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and Effective Basic Services Africa (eBASE Africa) to implement 3ie’s TREE Review Framework in two of their upcoming evaluations in Cameroon. The objective was to identify ethical and security issues in evaluation and share capacity to enhance the understanding and approach of local partners toward conducting ethical research.

How to communicate a null-results impact evaluation

Sebastian Martinez
18 September 2024 blog  
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.

Mutual health insurance and the digitization of healthcare services in developing countries: Experience of the ISPV- Africa project in Togo

Bio Bertrand Mama, Anca Dumitrescu, Charlotte Lane, Binta Ndiaye
21 August 2024 blog  
Universal health coverage remains a global concern, particularly in developing countries where health systems have many weaknesses.

Updating the evidence base on humanitarian food security interventions — share your impact evaluations

Cem Yavuz, Katie Pons
13 August 2024 blog  
With an estimated 300 million people needing humanitarian assistance and protection in 2024, understanding which interventions are most effective is more important than ever. But how do we find evidence on interventions to inform our decision-making and understanding?

Improving women’s empowerment through food systems and nutrition interventions

Sanghwa Lee, Etienne Lwamba, Ashiqun Nabi, Ingunn Storhaug, Pierre Marion
05 August 2024 blog  
Food insecurity, hunger, and malnutrition persist globally, with 783 million people facing chronic hunger in 2023. Women are particularly affected, making up 60 percent of the food-insecure population. Restrictive gender norms and inequalities further affect women’s food security, health, and rights.

Enhancing rural livelihoods in India: evidence-based policy evolution and innovation

Anjini Kochar
24 July 2024 blog  
One of India’s largest livelihoods programs—which 3ie is evaluating—and its transformation over time offer insights into how policies interact with and adapt to the changing ground realities and the vital role played by effectiveness evidence. This blog explains how the traditional approach has evolved to focus on new evidence-informed ways to address constraints and enable an environment for income generation and empowerment.