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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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Evidence Impact: South Africa finds an effective way to teach children to read better
16 February 2021
Paul-Thissen
Paul Thissen
Deeksha Ahuja
Deeksha Ahuja
Kirthi Rao
Kirthi Rao +
 

Evidence Impact: South Africa finds an effective way to teach children to read better

In 2019, as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his State of the Nation address, one of his new policy announcements was the expansion of a program aimed at helping children learn to…
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A systematic approach to building the evidence base for gender equality and women’s empowerment in fragile contexts
03 February 2021
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Meital Kupfer
Will Ridlehoover
Will Ridlehoover
Etienne Lwamba
Etienne Lwamba
Shannon Shisler
Shannon Shisler
Ada Sonnenfeld
Ada Sonnenfeld 2+
 

A systematic approach to building the evidence base for gender equality and women’s empowerment in fragile contexts

In 2020, 23 per cent of the world’s population lived in fragile contexts, including 76.5 per cent of all those living in extreme poverty. While women comprise about half of the population in fragile…
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Evidence impact: The ways evaluation findings shape real world outcomes
28 January 2021
Kirthi Rao
Kirthi Rao
Paul-Thissen
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Evidence impact: The ways evaluation findings shape real world outcomes

The changes that research findings set in motion are often hidden from plain view. Evidence may inform the knowledge base for policies and programmes before decision makers make any concrete plans or…
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The impact of aquaculture on productivity, income, nutrition and women’s empowerment: A call for evidence
19 January 2021
Cem Yavuz
Cem Yavuz
Shannon Shisler
Shannon Shisler
Constanza Gonzalez Parrao
Constanza Gonzalez Parrao +
 

The impact of aquaculture on productivity, income, nutrition and women’s empowerment: A call for evidence

Although aquaculture production has seen increased growth in recent decades, the evidence around the impact of aquaculture programmes on the welfare and health of participants in the aquaculture…
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Expert panel: 3ie's new food system Evidence Gap Map offers a roadmap of the field
17 January 2021
Paul-Thissen
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Expert panel: 3ie's new food system Evidence Gap Map offers a roadmap of the field

Expert policymakers and researchers joined 3ie for a panel discussion on the new gap map, highlighting the ways it can be useful and the findings that surprised them.
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