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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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Using the intelligence of a laptop to interact with artificial intelligence
06 June 2024
Devika Lakhote
Devika Lakhote
Fiona Kastel
Fiona Kastel
Sanchi Lokhande
Sanchi Lokhande
Douglas Glandon
Douglas Glandon 1+
 

Generative artificial intelligence: Addressing five common misconceptions

You’ve probably heard or read about generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) and its revolutionary potential. Having productive conversations with a chatbot, something that was painful (at best)…
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Launch of cost effectiveness handbook
04 June 2024
Jane Hammaker
Jane Hammaker
Douglas Glandon
Douglas Glandon
Arnab Acharya
Arnab Acharya
Tanvi
Tanvi 1+
 

New 3ie handbook for measuring cost-effectiveness in impact evaluation

Leaders and practitioners across the international development space have emphasized, re-emphasized, and re-re-emphasized the importance of integrating rigorous costing in evaluation research…
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20 May 2024
Constanza Gonzalez Parrao
Constanza Gonzalez Parrao
Cem Yavuz
Cem Yavuz
Zafeer Ravat
Zafeer Ravat +
 

Recent and fast-growing evidence on sustainable energy interventions, but gaps remain

Progress towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 – to ensure universal access to energy and clean cooking, the adoption of renewables and an increase in energy efficiency – has been…
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13 May 2024
Ingunn Storhaug
Ingunn Storhaug
mark
Mark Engelbert +
 

3ie's living Food Systems Evidence and Gap Map: Now expanded with social assistance and social insurance interventions

Our latest update of the living food systems evidence and gap map (E&GM) focuses on the addition of multiple new social assistance and social insurance intervention categories that we added to the…
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TRIPS-Framework
08 May 2024
Marie Gaarder
Marie Gaarder +
 

A roadmap for more TRIPS on the evidence journey

In October 2023, 3ie created the Global Evidence Commitment, a statement signed by seven leading international development institutions to date to improve their organizational use of rigorous…
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