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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

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health: an evidence gap map

Evidence gap map 3ie PDF icon 2016  

Adolescence (ages 10–19) is a critical time period in life during which people undergo extensive biological, psychological and social changes.

Evaluations with impact: decision-focused impact evaluation as a practical policymaking tool

Working paper 3ie PDF icon 2015  

In this paper, impact evaluation firm IDinsight argues that, in order to more effectively inform development action, impact evaluations must be adapted to serve as context-specific tools for decisi

Mapping what we know about the effects of agriculture, land-use change and forestry programmes

Evidence gap map Brief 3ie PDF icon 2017  
The ways in which people manage agricultural and forest lands are critical for climate change mitigation, global food security and achieving the sustainable development goals. 3ie’s evidence gap map takes stock of the existing evidence on the effects of interventions in the agriculture, land use and forestry sectors.

Interventions to improve the labour market outcomes of youth: A systematic review of training, entrepreneurship promotion, employment services and subsidized employment interventions

Systematic review 3ie PDF icon 2017  

This systematic review by Kluve and colleagues examines the effects of active labour market programmes for youth, including training and skills development, entrepreneurship promotion, employment s

Science, technology, innovation and partnerships for development: an evidence gap map

Evidence gap map 3ie PDF icon 2017  

This evidence gap map, part of a project funded by the US Global Development Lab at USAID, assesses the impact evaluation and systematic review evidence base for how science, technology, innovation

Examining the evidence on the effectiveness of India’s rural employment guarantee act.

Working paper 3ie PDF icon 2016  

This working paper offers an overview of the existing evidence on India's Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which aims to provide 100 days of guaranteed paid employm

Intimate partner violence prevention evidence gap map: 2018 update

Evidence gap map Brief 3ie PDF icon 2019  
This brief outlines the main findings of the updated intimate partner violence prevention evidence gap map. Since the first map report in 2017, the evidence base has expanded significantly.

State-society relations in low- and middle-income countries: an evidence gap map

Evidence gap map 3ie PDF icon 2017  

This report presents the findings of an evidence gap map that identifies the evidence on the effects of interventions that seek to improve state-society relations.

Mapping the evidence on state-society relations

Evidence gap map Brief 3ie PDF icon 2017  
This brief presents the findings of an evidence gap map that identifies the evidence on the effects of interventions that seek to improve state-society relations. An increasing number of systematic reviews and impact evaluations addressing this topic have been published in recent years. However, clear gaps remain.

What evidence do we have on transferable skills programming for youth in low- and middle-income countries?

Evidence gap map Brief 3ie PDF icon 2016  
This brief is based on 3ie's youth and transferable skills evidence gap map that identified 90 impact evaluations of youth and transferable skills intervention in L&MICs. Researchers found a large number of health-related studies, around two-thirds of the total.