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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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How sanitation collectives in India help the marginalized earn livelihood and respect
18 November 2022
Aastha Dang
Aastha Dang
Indira Patil
Indira Patil +
 

How sanitation collectives in India help the marginalized earn livelihood and respect

Deepa (name changed), a 36-year-old transgender woman, had to flee her home in southern India when she was 18. She came to Delhi and subsequently underwent sex reassignment surgery. Recalling her…
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Mapping evidence of what works to strengthen resilience to shocks and stressors
10 November 2022
Miriam Berretta
Miriam Berretta +
 

Mapping evidence of what works to strengthen resilience to shocks and stressors

Wars, droughts, floods and other effects of climate change are leading to pervasive and complex emergencies globally, causing displacement, famine and crop failure, among many other adversities. As…
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Six learnings from Swashakt program's complexity-aware monitoring
01 November 2022
Morchan-Karthick
Morchan Karthick +
 

Six learnings from Swashakt program's complexity-aware monitoring

Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation (MLE) approaches for development interventions have been constantly evolving over time. It started as a country-level focus in the 1960s and expanded to individual…
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Sanitation-linked livelihoods project: Six key insights from a learning study
15 September 2022
Indira Patil
Indira Patil
Aastha Dang
Aastha Dang +
 

Sanitation-linked livelihoods project: Six key insights from a learning study

In this blog, we discuss the key findings emerging from our study—supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and conducted in partnership with the Technical Support Units (TSUs) of the…
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Standards of Care in Policy Research
12 September 2022
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Douglas MacKay
Anna Marion
Anna Marion +
 

Standards of care in policy research

This blog post expands on ideas discussed in an earlier series of blog posts on ethics in social science research. Read the introduction to that series here and read about 3ie's Transparent,…
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