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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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Co-impact workshop
06 October 2023
Tanvi
Tanvi
Annie Vincent
Annie Vincent +
 

Adolescents not a monolith, empowerment interventions need to have life-cycle approach

Over the last few months, 3ie has been working with Co-Impact to create a researcher-practitioner partnership to inform a holistic, evidence-informed approach to adolescent empowerment in India. A…
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What works to reverse democratic backsliding
04 October 2023
Etienne Lwamba
Etienne Lwamba
Ashiqun Nabi
Ashiqun Nabi
Pierre Marion
Pierre Marion
mark
Mark Engelbert 1+
 

What works to reverse democratic backsliding? It’s complicated

Many countries have faced democratic backsliding or autocratization, especially in the past 30 years. With a staggering 72 percent of the world population living in autocracies (according to the V…
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Evidence base of sexual and reproductive health and rights interventions
28 September 2023
Tomasz
Tomasz Kozakiewicz
Marcellina Schmidt
Marcellina Schmidt
Birte Snilstveit
Birte Snilstveit
Lina Khan
Lina Khan
Shannon Shisler
Shannon Shisler
Megha Bhattacharyya
Megha Bhattacharyya 3+
 

Evidence base of sexual and reproductive health and rights interventions growing, but gaps remain

Ahead of World Contraception Day (26 September) and International Safe Abortion Day (28 September), UN experts called for states, especially those in emergency, humanitarian and crisis situations, to…
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Stakeholders discussion in WACIE countries
20 September 2023
Anca Dumitrescu
Anca Dumitrescu
Paul-Thissen
Paul Thissen +
 

Seven ideas for rapid evidence that is both rigorous and actionable

When policymakers come to us for rapid response evidence, they want it to be immediate, actionable, and reliable, drawing on findings from high-quality evaluations. These requirements can sometimes…
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17 August 2023
Carolyn Huang
Carolyn Huang
Douglas Glandon
Douglas Glandon
Jane Hammaker
Jane Hammaker +
 

Launch of 3ie’s policy and institutional reform ‘Methods Menu’

In May 2021, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and 3ie began a partnership to advance the learning and knowledge base around the evaluation, design, and implementation of policy and…
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