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3ie’s Development Evidence Portal: Value for money in a time of resource uncertainty

To respond to a rapidly-changing global context, the evaluation community needs to adapt its methods and approaches, according to an expert panel assembled by the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group (IEG).

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How to communicate a null-results impact evaluation

Development programs aim to improve outcomes for poor and vulnerable populations, from better health and increased learning to higher productivity and incomes. Impact evaluations apply research tools to assess whether those intended outcomes were achieved because of the program.

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Insights from the Development Evidence Portal – the Middle East and North Africa

Insights from the Development Evidence Portal – the Middle East and North Africa

Our latest piece in the ‘state of the evidence’ series – which interprets data by unpacking the studies in our Development Evidence Portal (DEP) – focuses on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. . The DEP currently includes 740 impact evaluations (IE) and 352 systematic reviews (SR) from the region, which is the second smallest amongst regions containing low- and middle-income…

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18 December 2025
Angella Lisa Matthew
Angella Lisa Matthew
Shreya Banerjee
Shreya Banerjee
Sunetra Banerjee
Sunetra Banerjee +
 

Women's journey from the kitchen to the community spaces in rural India

3ie’s multi-year evaluation of one of the world’s largest poverty-alleviation programs, i.e. India’s Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), has generated rich…
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West African Development Bank headquarters in Lomé
10 December 2025
Anca Dumitrescu
Anca Dumitrescu
Paul-Thissen
Paul Thissen +
 

Pourquoi les partenariats à long terme sont importants pour le développement : perspectives issues de la collaboration…

Les gouvernements sont confrontés à des défis de plus en plus complexes : insécurité alimentaire, chocs climatiques, exigences croissantes en matière de redevabilité, etc. Pour prendre des décisions…
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West African Development Bank headquarters in Lomé
10 December 2025
Anca Dumitrescu
Anca Dumitrescu
Paul-Thissen
Paul Thissen +
 

Why long-term partnerships matter for development: Insights from 3ie’s collaboration with the West African Development…

Governments face increasingly complex challenges: food insecurity, climate shocks, rising demands for accountability, and more. To make sound decisions, they need reliable answers to questions of…
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21 November 2025
Paul-Thissen
Paul Thissen
Catlan-Reardon
Catlan Reardon +
 

Can local peacebuilding work? Promising evidence from two new studies

Is it possible to reduce violent conflict at a local level through peacebuilding projects? If so, what kind of interventions are effective in doing so? Two recent studies from Nigeria and Sudan…
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07 November 2025
Cem Yavuz
Cem Yavuz +
 

Launching an evidence gap map on the learning-to-earning transition: A call for papers

As 2025 comes to a close, global NEET (not in education, employment, or training) rates continue to be a pressing issue. According to ILO estimates, this constitutes 25% of the world’s population in…
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