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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

IE69

Impact evaluation of the conditional cash transfer program for secondary school attendance in Macedonia

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2018  

This impact evaluation examines short- and medium-term impacts of a cash transfer programme in Macedonia that is conditional on children enrolling in secondary school.

IE68

Age at marriage, women’s education, and mother and child outcomes in Bangladesh

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2018  

This impact evaluation examines the impact of an empowerment training programme and a financial incentive programme to reduce child marriage and increase girls’ education in rural Bangladesh.

IE67

Evaluating agricultural information dissemination in western Kenya

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2018  

This impact evaluation by Fabregas and colleagues examines the role of information in addressing the constraints smallholder farmers in Kenya face in adopting agricultural inputs.

WP B3

What works to improve nutrition and food security in the Sahel?

Working paper Brief 3ie PDF icon 2018  
This brief summarises the main findings and lessons from a synthesis of four 3ie-supported impact evaluations of the World Food Programme’s interventions to improve nutrition and food security outcomes.

EGM B8

Mapping the evidence on agricultural innovation programmes

Evidence gap map Brief 3ie PDF icon 2018  
This brief outlines the main findings of an evidence gap map on impact evaluations and systematic reviews referring to agricultural inputs, practices and programmes aimed at improving farmers’ productivity and well-being.

WP B2

Evaluating advocacy initiatives: what works?

Working paper Brief 3ie PDF icon 2018  
This brief is based on a 3ie working paper that reviewed 56 impact evaluations and used positive deviance analysis to identify factors associated with successful advocacy programmes. It also summarises the paper’s findings on challenges related to evaluating advocacy and offers pointers for identifying suitable methods.

PEPFAR and adult mortality: a replication study of HIV development assistance effects in Sub-Saharan African countries

PEPFAR and adult mortality: a replication study of HIV development assistance effects in Sub-Saharan African countries

Replication paper 3ie 2018  
Nicholas Hein and colleagues conducted a replication of the 2012 publication HIV development assistance and adult mortality in Africa by Eran Bendavid and colleagues.

Evaluating advocacy: an exploration of evidence and tools to understand what works and why

Evaluating advocacy: an exploration of evidence and tools to understand what works and why

Working paper 3ie PDF icon 2017  

This working paper adds to the growing study and practice of advocacy evaluation by examining the challenges associated with evaluating advocacy initiatives.

SR1

Access to health: How to reduce child and maternal mortality?

Systematic review Brief 3ie PDF icon 2010  
Systematic reviews show that access to community-based health services reduces neonatal mortality and still births, but t he effect on maternal mortality is harder to detect.

SR b2

Focus on Female Genital Mutilation

Systematic review Brief 3ie PDF icon 2013  
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) has negative health consequences for women, ranging from pain, bleeding, and shock due to chronic infections. Around 140 million girls and women live with the risks caused by FGM/C, of which 92 million girls and women are in Africa.