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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

Estimating the impact and cost-effectiveness of expanding secondary education in Ghana

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2016  

This report is based on a study by Dupas, Duflo and Kremer which was conducted in collaboration with the government of Ghana.

Optimising the use of economic interventions to increase demand for voluntary medical male circumcision in Kenya

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2016  

This study assessed the impact of two five-month short message service (SMS) campaigns designed to increase the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in Zambia; one was a conventiona

Assessing the impact of delivering messages through intimate partners to create demand for voluntary medical male circumcision in Uganda

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2016  

This study evaluates whether an information-based, partner-mediated intervention through pregnant mothers in the third trimester significantly increased demand for VMMC among their male partners in

Measuring the impact of SMS-based interventions on uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision in Zambia

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2016  

This study assessed the impact of two five-month short message service (SMS) campaigns designed to increase the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in Zambia; one was a ‘convention

Using smartphone raffles to increase demand for voluntary medical male circumcision in Tanzania

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2016  

The pilot study in Tanzania targeted men between 20 to 34 years of age at VMMC clinics where nationally set targets were not met.

The use of peer referral incentives to increase demand for voluntary medical male circumcision in Zambia

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2016  

This study evaluates the effectiveness of a pilot intervention conducted in Zambia that provided small financial incentives to circumcision clients who successfully referred their peers to also see

Using advertisements to create demand for voluntary medical male circumcision in South Africa

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2016  

The intervention consisted of distributing postcards with a compensation offer, information on a possibly unknown benefit of VMMC and/or a framing message to households in Soweto, South Africa.

The Productive Safety Net Programme in Ethiopia: impacts on children’s schooling, labour and nutritional status

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2017  

This study examines whether Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PNSP) has had additional impacts on children’s schooling, labour and nutrition.

Better Obstetrics in Rural Nigeria: evaluating the Midwives Service Scheme

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2017  

This evaluation measures the impact of the Midwives Service Scheme, a government programme introduced in 2009 to increase access to skilled obstetric care in underserved rural areas.

What evidence is available and what is required in humanitarian assistance?

Scoping paper 3ie PDF icon 2014  

Most areas in the humanitarian sector suffer from a paucity of evidence.