Impact evaluation

These briefs provide plain-language summaries of the intervention, impact evaluation, main findings and recommendations from 3ie-funded studies published in our report series.

Latest impact evaluation briefs

Impact evaluation

Impacts of community delivery of antiretroviral drugs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie 2018  
This evaluation showed that delivery of drugs by community health workers to clinically stable patients is not inferior to standard care, where patients visit a clinic-based doctor to refill prescriptions. 

A low-cost patient appointment and tracking system for ART at reproductive and child health clinics in Tanzania

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie 2018  

This brief is based on the findings of an impact evaluation that looks at whether orienting staff at reproductive and child health clinics improves patient appointment attendance rates.

Investigating the feasibility of HIV self-testing in Zambia

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie 2018  
This brief is based on the findings of an impact evaluation that examines whether HIV self-tests increase HIV testing among female sex workers in transit towns.

Does information on agricultural technology encourage adoption?

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie 2018  
This brief is based on the findings of an impact evaluation that examines the role of information in addressing the constraints smallholder farmers in Kenya face in adopting agricultural inputs.

Integrating HIV testing with EPI: a second chance to protect infants

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie 2017  
This brief is based on an evaluation of an intervention to integrate Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV into routine Expanded Programme of Immunisation services.

Household and economy-wide impacts of a public works programme in Ethiopia

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie 2017  
More often than not, programmes targeted at households lead to changes that have economy-wide impact. This may be especially true for public works programmes that invest in building community assets. The brief draws on the findings from two impact evaluations that assess the Productive Safety Net Programme in Ethiopia holistically, exploring impacts both at the beneficiary household level and economy-wide impacts at the local and national levels.

Improving maternal and child health in India

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie 2017  
This brief is based on the findings of an impact evaluation of two state government aimed at improving maternal health, especially among women living below the poverty line.

What is the impact of a community-managed conditional cash transfer programme in Tanzania?

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie 2017  
This brief is based on the findings of an evaluation that examines the impact of a community-managed conditional cash transfer programme on outcomes related to community relations, health and education of household members.

Encouraging Kenyan men to use HIV self-test kits

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie 2017  
Despite nearly universal uptake of HIV testing among women clients in antenatal care, testing among their male partners remains low. This brief summarises the findings of an impact evaluation by Gichangi and colleagues which assesses the effectiveness of providing HIV self-test kits to women to encourage testing among their male partners, as opposed to inviting men for a finger-prick HIV blood test at the antenatal clinic.

Encouraging HIV testing among truck drivers in Kenya

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie 2017  
This brief outlines the findings of an impact evaluation by Kelvin and colleagues on the effectiveness of offering Kenyan truck drivers the choice of administering self-test at a clinic or at home, together with in-person or phone-based counselling to encourage testing.