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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

The impact of daycare on maternal labour supply and child development in Mexico

The impact of daycare on maternal labour supply and child development in Mexico

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2014  

This study by Gustavo Angeles, Paola Gadsden, Sebastian Galiani, Paul Gertler, Andrea Herrera, Patricia Kariger and Enrique Seira evaluates the impact of a daycare programme, Programa de estancias

3ie Impact Evaluation Report 7

Social and economic impacts of Tuungane: final report on the effects of a community-driven reconstruction programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2014  

In recent years, community-driven reconstruction (CDR) programmes have aimed to promote local development in post-conflict settings.

No margin, no mission? Evaluating the role of incentives in the distribution of public goods in Zambia

No margin, no mission? Evaluating the role of incentives in the distribution of public goods in Zambia

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2014  

This study by Nava Ashraf, Oriana Bandiera and Kelsey Jack evaluates the impact of different incentive mechanisms on the performance of community-based agents (i.e.

The GoBifo project evaluation report: Assessing the impacts of community-driven development in Sierra Leone

The GoBifo project evaluation report: Assessing the impacts of community-driven development in Sierra Leone

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2014  

In this study, Katherine Casey, Rachel Glennerster and Edward Miguel evaluate the impact of GoBifo, a community driven development programme in Sierra Leone.

Paying for performance in China's battle against anaemia

Paying for performance in China's battle against anaemia

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2014  

This study by Linxiu Zhang, Scott Rozelle and Yaojing Shi uses a cluster randomised control trial to examine how misaligned supply-side incentives impede health programmes in developing countries.

Truth telling by third-party audits and the response of polluting firms: Experimental evidence from India

Truth telling by third-party audits and the response of polluting firms: Experimental evidence from India

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2013  
How accurate and credible is an environmental audit if the auditor is chosen and paid for by the firm being audited? In this 3ie-supported impact evaluation report, Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone, Rohini Pande and Nicholas Ryan provide a clear answer. Their impact evaluation of an environmental audit scheme in Gujarat shows such an arrangement encourages corruption and misreporting of industrial plant emissions. Independent audits on the other hand produce more accurate reports and prompt firms to curtail pollution.

The promise of preschool in Africa: a randomized impact evaluation of early childhood development in rural Mozambique

The promise of preschool in Africa: a randomized impact evaluation of early childhood development in rural Mozambique

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2013  

This 3ie supported study is the first evaluation of an early childhood development programme in Africa - a continent where the majority of children under the age of 5 do not grow or learn to their

Water, sanitation and hygiene interventions to combat childhood diarrhoea in developing countries

Water, sanitation and hygiene interventions to combat childhood diarrhoea in developing countries

Systematic review 3ie PDF icon 2009  

This systematic review by Hugh Waddington, et al.

Behaviour change intervention to prevent HIV among women living in low- and middle-income countries

Behaviour change intervention to prevent HIV among women living in low- and middle-income countries

Systematic review 3ie PDF icon 2009  

This review by Sandra McCoy et al. suggests that behavioural change interventions alone have been limited in their ability to control HIV transmission among women in low- and middle-income

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Interventions to promote social cohesion in Sub-Saharan Africa

Systematic review 3ie PDF icon 2010  

The relationship between social cohesion and a range of social, economic and political developments outcomes have received increased attention in recent decades.