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Publication

As part of our mandate as a knowledge producer and translator for our main audiences, we maintain a range of free online publication series: briefs, impact evaluation reports, systematic review technical and summary reports, replication papers, evidence gap map reports, scoping, and working papers.

Latest publications

Latest publications

Breaking the political resource curse in natural gas management in Mozambique

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie PDF icon 2019  
This brief presents findings of an impact evaluation on providing information to local leaders and communities about the discovery of natural gas, and the implications for provincial government revenues and job creation.

How effective are transparency and accountability initiatives? An overview of new evidence

Working paper Brief 3ie PDF icon 2019  

This brief synthesizes main findings and key lessons from seven impact evaluations implemented across Ecuador, Ghana, India, Mozambique, Peru and Tanzania.

Using community stakeholder interventions to increase transparency and accountability in Uganda’s extractives sector

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie PDF icon 2019  

This brief presents the findings of impact evaluation evaluating Maendeleo ya Jamii, a civil society organisation that organised multi stakeholder forums to provide information, facilitate discussi

In search of the holy grail: can unconditional cash transfers graduate households out of poverty in Zambia?

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2019  
This impact evaluation assessed whether the effects of the Zambian government’s Child Grant Programme were sustained after households exited the programme. The authors find that the consumption and food security of the original households declined after the programme ended and positive effects had faded out two years later.

Evaluating how Ghana’s Petroleum Revenue Management Act has improved transparency and accountability

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie PDF icon 2019  
This brief is based on a 3ie-supported evaluation assessing the impact of using public meetings and an information and communications technology platform to promote transparency and accountability.

Impacts of community environmental monitoring in the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie PDF icon 2019  
This brief is based on the finding of an impact evaluation on a technology-enabled community intervention to enhance local communities’ detection, monitoring and reporting capabilities, and their ability to stake socio-environmental claims that result in adequate compensation.

Harnessing transparency initiatives to improve India’s environmental clearance process for the mineral mining sector

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie PDF icon 2019  
This brief presents the findings of an impact evaluation of a set of reforms to the environmental clearance process in India, which included subjecting larger projects to scrutiny from regulators, independent experts and the public.

Intimate partner violence prevention evidence gap map: 2018 update

Evidence gap map 3ie PDF icon 2019  
This report outlines the main findings of the updated intimate partner violence prevention evidence gap map. The update covers evidence published between August 2016 and July 2018.

Performance measurement and management in primary healthcare systems in low- and middle-income countries: an evidence gap map

Evidence gap map Brief 3ie PDF icon 2019  
This brief presents main findings of an evidence gap map that shows a growing evidence base on interventions that focus on implementation strategies and financial arrangements. Evidence gaps remain on accountability arrangements and evaluations and reviews that explore multilevel outcomes.

Payment for environmental services

Systematic review Brief 3ie PDF icon 2019  
This brief is based on a systematic review by Snilsveit and colleagues which examines the evidence on the effects of payment for services programmes on socio-economic and environmental outcomes.