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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

Impact of the Uddeepan programme on child health and nutrition in India

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2017  
This report evaluates if the Uddeepan programme in Bihar relaxes labour constraints and improves workers’ abilities, and leads to better maternal knowledge, immunisation rates, availability of take-home rations, enrolment in pre-school centres, and weight-for-age Z scores, a key outcome.

General equilibrium impact assessment of the Productive Safety Net Program in Ethiopia

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2017  

The Productive Safety Net Program was launched in 2005 to fight chronic food security issues in Ethiopia.

Cash transfers and HIV/HSV-2 prevalence: a replication of a cluster randomized trial in Malawi

Replication paper 3ie 2017  
In this paper, Lynette Smith, Nick Hein and Danstan Bagenda conduct a replication study of the influential 2012 publication, Effect of a cash transfer programme for schooling on prevalence of HIV and herpes simplex type 2 in Malawi.

Making networks work for policy: evidence from agricultural technology adoption in Malawi

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2016  

This report by Beaman et al. tests training diffusion partners chosen using a theory-based selection approach and whether it leads to greater adoption of new agricultural technologies in Malawi.

Evaluating the effectiveness of computers as tutors in China

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2016  

This study by Mo et al., looked at the factors that influence the effectiveness of ICT as an educational tool in China.

Effectiveness of a rural sanitation programme on diarrhoea, soil-transmitted helminth infection and malnutrition in India

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2016  
This report is based on a cluster-randomised evaluation conducted in 100 villages of Odisha to test the effectiveness of a rural sanitation intervention that was part of the India’s Total Sanitation Campaign.

Evaluating the impact of vocational education vouchers on out-of-school youth in Kenya

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2016  

This study by Hicks et al. assesses the impact of a vocational training programme on out-of-school Kenyan youth aged 17-28 years.

Improving maternal and child health in India: evaluating demand and supply strategies

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2016  
This study by Mohanan et al. evaluated two programmes by Indian state governments that enabled pregnant women from poor households to access free maternity care at public or private hospitals.

Power calculation for causal inference in social science: sample size and minimum detectable effect determination

Working paper 3ie PDF icon 2016  

This manual, developed in-house by 3ie's Eric Djimeu and Deo-Gracias Houndolo, presents the basic statistical concepts used in power calculations for experimental design.

Sustainability of impact: dimensions of decline and persistence in adopting a biofortified crop in Uganda

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2016  

This study by McNiven S, Gilligan, DO and Hotz C, studied the sustainability of impact of an agricultural intervention that promoted the adoption and consumption of biofortified orange sweet potato