Tailor climate insurance to needs of poorest: experts

 

3ie’s Bidisha Barooah presented findings from 3ie’s scoping paper for the Agricultural Risk Evidence Programme at a conference on rural Inequalities organised by the Independent Office of Evaluation of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

Community-based health insurance: how to promote effective and equitable coverage?

Systematic review Brief 3ie PDF icon 2017  
The brief is based on a systematic review examining the demand and supply factors that affect uptake and renewal of community-based voluntary health insurance schemes in L&MICs.

Preventing HIV and HSV-2 through improving knowledge and attitudes: a replication study of a multicomponent intervention in Zimbabwe

Replication paper 3ie 2018  
Yu and colleagues conducted a replication study of an influential paper “The Regai Dzive Shiri Project: results of a randomised trial of an HIV prevention intervention for Zimbabwean youth” by Frances Cowan and colleagues.

How to turn the tide on corruption?

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie PDF icon 2011  
Political corruption is the abuse of public office for illegitimate private gain, and takes many forms. Election fraud, bribery and embezzlement of funds, kickbacks in procurement, nepotism and cronyism and sale of government property for private gain all fit under this umbrella.

Decentralised forest management for reducing deforestation and poverty in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

Systematic review 3ie PDF icon 2015  

This systematic review by Samii and colleagues examines the evidence on the effects of decentralised forest management (DFM) interventions on deforestation and poverty outcomes.

The impact of mother literacy and participation programmes on child learning: evidence from a randomised evaluation in India

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2015  

While significant progress has been made in low- and middle-income countries towards the enrollment of children in schools, it has not led to an equivalent increase in their learning.

Validating one of the world’s largest conditional cash transfer programmes

Working paper 3ie PDF icon 2012  

A case study on how an impact evaluation of Brazil’s Bolsa Família Programme helped silence its critics and improve policy

Increasing immunisation in Ogun State, Nigeria: a formative evaluation of a participatory action research intervention

Other evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2019  
In 2005, Nigeria adopted the Reach Every Ward strategy to improve vaccination coverage for children 0-23 months old. By 2015, Ogun State in the southwestern region had achieved full immunisation coverage in 12 out of 20 of its local government areas (LGAs).

Improving development policies with impact evaluations

 

In this article, Bartlomiej Kudrzycki and Isabel Günther discuss the relevance of impact evaluations in improving development policies. They cite our evidence gap maps on agricultural innovation and agricultural risk, impact evaluations, as well as other resources.

Water, sanitation and hygiene evidence gap map

Evidence gap map

This newly updated map facilitates access to high-quality evidence on the effectiveness of water, sanitation and hygiene promotion for households, communities, school and health facilities in L&MICs. It includes published and unpublished systematic reviews and impact evaluations up to April 2018.

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