Providing collateral and improving product market access for smallholder farmers: a randomised evaluation of inventory credit in Sierra Leone

3ie Impact Evaluation Report 14

Lorenzo Casaburi, Rachel Glennerster, Tavneet Suri and Sullay Kamara

Inventory credit can be an important instrument in helping farmers benefit from large inter-seasonal volatility of agricultural prices. This study by Lorenzo Casaburi, Rachel Glennerster, Tavneet Suri and Sullay Kamara presents results from the evaluation of a storage support and inventory credit scheme provided to palm oil farmers in Sierra Leone. The take-up rate was 29.9 per cent for storage support and 24.9 per cent for inventory credit. The programme did not have a significant impact on overall storage behaviour or on the patterns of oil sales across seasons. The storage within the scheme primarily substituted for other forms of storage thus providing limited benefits to the participating communities.

Impact evaluation of the UN Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund-supported East Darfur Assalaya-Sheiria-Yassin Triangle of Peace and Coexistence project

Impact evaluation 3ie 2024

This report 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.

An impact assessment of EAMDA’s banana initiative to increase technology adoption by smallholder farmers in Kenya

Impact evaluation 3ie 2023

The authors of this study evaluate the short-run impacts of a project aimed at modernizing banana cultivation in Kenya implemented by the East Africa Market Development Associates (EAMDA).

Impact Evaluation of the ADN Dignidad Program: Understanding the impact of a Humanitarian Cash Transfer (HCT) program in Colombia

Impact evaluation 3ie 2023

The authors of this report examine the effectiveness of unconditional cash transfers for improving the lives of displaced Venezuelans and their households in Colombia.

Community advocacy forums and public service delivery in Uganda: Impact and the role of information, deliberation and administrative placement

Impact evaluation 3ie 2021

The authors of this report examine the impact of community advocacy forums or citizen barazas in holding the government accountable and on public service delivery in Uganda.

Evaluation of secondary school teacher training under the School Sector Development Programme in Nepal