Birte Snilstveit

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Director – Synthesis & Reviews and Head of 3ie London Office

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Birte leads a dynamic team dedicated to the production and use of synthesised evidence to inform policy in low-and middle-income countries. She is the head of 3ie’s London office and as director, she is also part of 3ie’s senior management team.

Securing and building peaceful societies: Where is the evidence and where is it missing?

05 May 2020

Securing and building peaceful societies: Where is the evidence and where is it missing?

It has been estimated that over 1.8 billion people, close to a quarter of the world’s population, live in fragile contexts (OECD, 2018). Given the current Covid-19 pandemic, it is likely that this…

How do electricity access interventions affect social outcomes? A forthcoming systematic review

24 February 2020

How do electricity access interventions affect social outcomes? A forthcoming systematic review.

In 2017, around 89 per cent of the global population, predominantly based in high-income countries, were fortunate enough to have access to a reliable source of electricity and were able to go about…

Is it possible to combine capacity building with a rapid synthesis response to an evidence request?

12 September 2019

Is it possible to combine capacity development with a rapid synthesis response to an evidence request?

Two of the most important and long standing challenges for evidence synthesis in international development are: 1) The need to provide timely (eg. rapid) responses to demands for evidence to inform…

21 March 2017

Not missing the woods for the trees: mapping evidence gaps on land use and forestry programmes

Forest protection is among the most effective approaches we have to mitigate climate change. At the same time, agricultural land and forests provide food, livelihoods and fuel for billions of people…

05 November 2016

If you want your study included in a systematic review, this is what you should report

Impact evaluation evidence continues to accumulate, and policymakers need to understand the range of evidence, not just individual studies. Across all sectors of international development, systematic…

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Securing and building peaceful societies: Where is the evidence and where is it missing?

How do electricity access interventions affect social outcomes? A forthcoming systematic review.

Is it possible to combine capacity development with a rapid synthesis response to an evidence request?

Not missing the woods for the trees: mapping evidence gaps on land use and forestry programmes

If you want your study included in a systematic review, this is what you should report