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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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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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18 June 2025
Monica Jain
Monica Jain +
 

Reaching SDG 3: Promoting immunizations can safeguard children from preventable diseases and death

While ensuring healthy lives for all ages is among the top Sustainable Development Goals, progress towards achieving this objective has recently decelerated as far as children are concerned. There…
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18 June 2025
Constanza Gonzalez Parrao
Constanza Gonzalez Parrao
Pierre Marion
Pierre Marion +
 

Reaching SDG 15: Evidence shows how to protect land ecosystems by leveraging communities

Climate change threatens life on land – including us humans. Yet land resources and ecosystems hold some of the solutions to slow global warming and its harmful effects. The connections between…
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17 June 2025
Anagha Mariya Jose
Anagha Mariya Jose
Chandan Jain
Chandan Jain
Rohan Shah
Rohan Shah +
 

Push button replications – promoting credibility in 3ie’s evidence generation process

Social science research is currently facing questions about credibility, as existing evidence points to the lack of replicability of reported results. Multiple instances have occurred where users…
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