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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

Mobile money and its impact on improving living conditions in Niger: a replication study

Replication paper 3ie  

Edmundo Beteta and colleagues replicate the results of a randomized evaluation carried out by Aker and colleagues in 2016 in Niger.

Thou shalt be given... but how? A replication study of a randomized experiment on food assistance in northern Ecuador

Replication paper 3ie 2018  

Lhachimi and Seuring re-examine the results of a cluster-randomized evaluation carried out by Melissa Hidrobo and colleagues in 2013 in two provinces in northern Ecuador.

Evaluating the economic impacts of rural banking: experimental evidence from southern India

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2018  

The authors evaluated the impact of increased access to formal financial services through a delivery model called Kshetriya Gramin Financial Services.

Community-based distribution of oral HIV self-testing kits: experimental evidence from Zambia

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2018  

Authors piloted a door-to-door offer of a choice between counselor-provided finger-prick rapid HIV testing, or oral HIV self-testing in the presence or absence of the counselor.

Mapping the evidence on financial instruments for agricultural risk mitigation

Evidence gap map Brief 3ie PDF icon 2018  
This brief outlines the main findings of an evidence gap map of impact evaluations and systematic reviews that examines the evidence on financial agricultural risk management instruments for smallholder farmers.

Integrating impact evaluation and implementation research to accelerate evidence-informed action

Working paper 3ie PDF icon 2018  
The authors of this paper use three case studies in which researchers and implementers integrated implementation research and impact evaluation, highlighting what worked or what was missed and provide practical recommendations.

Mapping the evidence on WASH promotion in communities, schools and health facilities

Evidence gap map Brief 3ie PDF icon 2018  
3ie’s WASH evidence gap map provides an assessment of the evidence base for behaviour change, health and socio-economic outcomes resulting from WASH promotional approaches in households, schools, health facilities and communities.

Direct provision versus facility collection of HIV tests: impacts of self-testing among female sex workers in Uganda

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2018  
Authors evaluated the impacts on HIV testing rates of directly providing female sex workers with HIV self-test kits or coupons that they could exchange for a free test kit, as well as a peer educator referring them to a facility for standard testing.

Increasing female sex worker HIV testing: effects of peer educators and HIV self-tests in Zambia

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2018  

Authors assessed whether peer educators promoting HIV self-tests increased HIV testing among female s

Impacts of community delivery of antiretroviral drugs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2018  
This evaluation showed that community delivery of drugs by community health workers to clinically stable patients is not inferior to standard care, where patients visit a clinic-based doctor to refill prescriptions.