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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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04 June 2025
Christine Kelly
Christine Kelly
Ella Spencer
Ella Spencer +
 

Walking the talk on evidence use in policymaking: Reflections from the FCDO Research Commissioning Centre

April saw the launch of two calls for expressions of interest for the FCDO Research Commissioning Centre (RCC) as part of our funding round on understanding evidence use in policymaking in Sub…
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27 May 2025
Cem Yavuz
Cem Yavuz
Sanghwa Lee
Sanghwa Lee
Abdelrahman Nagy
Abdelrahman Nagy
Calum Hebron
Calum Hebron 1+
 

Exploring and understanding evidence on the learning-to-earning transition – introducing a synthesis project

Youth transitions from learning to earning continue to pose a global challengeIn 2025, the ILO estimated that one in five young people (aged 15-24) worldwide remain not in education, employment or…
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22 May 2025
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Mark Engelbert
M Zahin Shafiq
M Zahin Shafiq +
 

Unveiling trends in impact evaluations across South Asia

Why does India account for more than half of all impact evaluations in South Asia? What does that reveal about who’s producing evidence in the region and where critical gaps remain? This is the…
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20 May 2025
Etienne Lwamba
Etienne Lwamba
Ingunn Storhaug
Ingunn Storhaug
Pierre Marion
Pierre Marion
Suvarna Pande
Suvarna Pande
Diana Belén Córdova-Aráuz
Diana Belén Córdova-Aráuz
Shannon Shisler
Shannon Shisler
Esteban J Quiñones
Esteban J Quiñones
Anna Sting
Anna Sting
Cornelia-Romling
Dr. Cornelia Roemling 6+
 

Tackling food insecurity and malnutrition while building resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa: what works?

An upcoming rapid evidence assessment of the effects of information, capacity strengthening, and behaviour change interventionsThe global situation on food security and nutrition is alarming…
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15 May 2025
Paul-Thissen
Paul Thissen +
 

Reaching SDG 16: A long way to go to promote peace, but we know some tools are effective

Glance at the news on any given day and it's clear that the world has a long way to go to achieve the 16th Sustainable Development Goal: "Peace, justice, [and] strong institutions." Conflicts in…
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