Evidence-informed policy change: improved access to groundwater in West Bengal, India

The brief highlights how a number of factors contributed to why the findings of this impact evaluation resonated among policymakers, which in turn informed two changes to West Bengal’s groundwater access policies.

Among these factors were the researchers’ engagement and communication skills, as well as their ability to leverage existing networks and their institutional affiliation to gain support from national and state-level policymakers. The study findings were also timely, clear and closely aligned with the new state government’s promise to ease groundwater access for poor farmers.

How evidence is informing solutions to South Africa’s early grade reading crisis

Evidence use Brief 3ie 2019

In South Africa, 78 per cent of the children in fourth grade struggle to understand the meaning of what they read. An evaluation of the Early Grade Reading Study provides evidence that can help decision makers respond to this reading crisis.

Using evidence to improve children’s foundational skills: a successful teaching and learning approach expands in India and beyond

Evidence use Brief 3ie 2019

This brief describes how impact evaluation evidence informed the scale-up of a government-led Teaching At the Right Level model in India and other countries.

Using evidence to improve pollution regulation in India

Evidence use Brief 3ie 2019

This brief describes how a supportive policy context, strong relationships and wide engagement with decision-makers helped rigorous evaluation findings spur evidence-informed innovation in regulating industrial pollution.

How evidence helped address ultra poverty in Malawi

Evidence use Brief 3ie 2019

The brief highlights the importance of fully considering the political economy context in evaluation design. It also examines a range of contributory factors for evidence use. Evaluation champions who can influence change are important.

Using evidence to inform the scale-up and adoption of biofortified orange sweet potato in Uganda

Evidence use Brief 3ie 2017

In Uganda, vitamin A deficiency is a health challenge, with 28 per cent of preschool children estimated to be deficient. To address this issue, the international organisation HarvestPlus has been promoting vitamin A-enriched orange sweet potato (OSP) to improve the diets of the poor.

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Evidence-informed policy change: improved access to groundwater in West Bengal, India

How evidence is informing solutions to South Africa’s early grade reading crisis

Using evidence to improve children’s foundational skills: a successful teaching and learning approach expands in India and beyond

Using evidence to improve pollution regulation in India

How evidence helped address ultra poverty in Malawi

Using evidence to inform the scale-up and adoption of biofortified orange sweet potato in Uganda

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