These briefs summarise major lessons we have learned in implementing 3ie-funded impact evaluations. They can cover a range of issues, such as study design, methods, implementation, and stakeholder engagement and evidence uptake.
The authors of the brief compile learnings from an updated map on the effects of food systems interventions on food security and nutrition outcomes in low—and middle-income countries.
In this learning brief, the authors share their experience integrating qualitative evidence within a synthesis to improve their understanding of the impact of food systems and nutrition interventions on women’s empowerment and gender equality. The brief was commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development through Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit’s (GIZ’s) Knowledge for Nutrition Program
The author of this brief summarizes high-level lessons learned by 3ie in monitoring, measuring, and verifying instances of evidence uptake and use from 3ie-funded or produced work between 2018 and 2020. This brief includes insights from using 3ie's adapted approach to contribution tracing.
This brief presents new evidence on the effectiveness of a peacebuilding project in Darfur, Sudan supported by the United Nations Secretary-General's Peacebuilding Fund. It shows that the project reduced the number of land conflicts and improved service provision.
The authors of this brief present learnings from the implementation of the Special Food Security Program (PSSA) to support low and middle-income countries’ efforts to develop the region’s agro-pastrol potential and boost agricultural production.
The authors of this brief summarize the analysis of an ongoing 3ie mixed-methods study that aims to provide insights into the workings of family-owned weaving businesses and understand their economic or commercial productivity when multiple or single generations are involved. This brief is a part of the Swashakt Evidence Program, which is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The authors of this brief present findings of a rapid evidence assessment on the effects of democracy and freedom interventions in democratic backsliding contexts. This brief was commissioned by the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
Authors of this brief share preliminary lessons from an ongoing evaluation of Niger’s Agricultural Production Intensification for Food Security Project (PIPA/SA) which aims to increase irrigated and rain-fed crop production. Since the intervention areas are remote and hard to survey, the West African Development Bank (BOAD) commissioned 3ie and New Light Technologies to use remotely sensed data to analyze various program outcomes, including changes in production, water availability, siltation and desertification.
The author of this note presents learning from India’s Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana National Rural Livelihoods Mission and illustrates the benefits of layering economic programs on social networks or groups, and how these vary according to the group’s composition and characteristics. Funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the note also talks about policy recommendations for decision-makers to consider.
This brief summarizes findings from a learning study conducted in two cities of Tamil Nadu, Tiruchirappalli and Coimbatore to understand the experiences of urban collectives engaged in sanitation-l
