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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

Agriculture-led Growth in Low- and Middle-income Countries: An Evidence Gap Map

Evidence gap map 3ie PDF icon 2023  
This report provides an overview of the available impact evaluations and systematic reviews on agriculture-led growth interventions to support decision-making in global agricultural development. This map was commissioned by USAID’s Bureau for Resilience and Food Security.

Food systems and nutrition: Describing the evidence from 2000 to 2023

Evidence gap map 3ie PDF icon 2023  
The authors of this report map the latest impact evaluations and systematic reviews that assess the effects of food systems interventions on food security and nutrition outcomes in low-and middle-income countries. This is a mid-term report that provides an overview of the evidence up to January 2023.

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

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 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).

Addressing the systemic causes of malnutrition: The nutrition-sensitive agriculture evidence gap map

Evidence gap map 3ie PDF icon 2023  
The authors of the report systematically describe the available evidence on the effects of nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions across food systems in low-and middle-income countries. This map was commissioned by USAID’s Bureau for Resilience and Food Security.

Addressing the systemic causes of malnutrition: a nutrition-sensitive agriculture evidence gap map

Evidence gap map Brief 3ie PDF icon 2023  
This brief is based on an evidence gap map that examines the effects of nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions across food systems in low-and middle-income countries. This work has been commissioned by USAID’s Bureau for Resilience and Food Security.

Findings from a qualitative analysis of ADN Dignidad Program in Colombia

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This paper examines the qualitative analysis of the effectiveness of Multipurpose Cash Transfers in improving the lives of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia.

Using social networks to improve rural women’s livelihoods in India

Learning summary Brief 3ie PDF icon 2023  
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.

Strengthening resilience against shocks, stressors and recurring crises in low- and middleincome countries: an evidence gap map

Evidence gap map Brief 3ie PDF icon 2023  
This brief is based on an evidence gap map of interventions that aim to strengthen resilience against shocks, stressors, and recurring crises in low-and middle-income countries. This map was commissioned by USAID’s Bureau for Resilience and Food Security.

Strengthening resilience against shocks, stressors and recurring crises in low- and middle-income countries: an evidence gap map

Evidence gap map 3ie PDF icon 2023  
Authors of this report map the available evidence base of impact evaluations and systematic reviews of interventions that aim to improve resilience in low-and middle-income countries. This evidence gap map was commissioned by USAID’s Bureau for Resilience and Food Security.

Strengthening civil society: an Evidence Gap Map

Evidence gap map 3ie PDF icon 2023  
Authors of this report present the findings of a systematic search to identify and map the evidence base of impact evaluations and systematic reviews of interventions aiming to improve civil society in low-and middle-income countries.