PEPFAR and adult mortality: a replication study of HIV development assistance effects in Sub-Saharan African countries

Replication paper 3ie 2018  
Nicholas Hein and colleagues conducted a replication of the 2012 publication HIV development assistance and adult mortality in Africa by Eran Bendavid and colleagues.

Handwashing and sanitation behaviour change in WASH interventions

Systematic review Brief 3ie PDF icon 2017  
This brief is based on a systematic review examining which promotional approaches are effective in changing handwashing and sanitation behaviour, and which implementation factors affect the success or failure of such interventions.

Conditional cash transfer programmes: A magic bullet to improve people's health and education?

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie PDF icon 2010  
Conditional Cash Transfer (CCTs) programmes provide cash to poor households who meet certain health and education conditions such as regular school attendance and health check-ups for children at the clinic.

Addressing attribution of cause and effect in small n impact evaluations: towards an integrated framework

Working paper 3ie PDF icon 2012  

There exists considerable consensus among impact evaluators conducting large n impact evaluations involving tests of statistical difference in outcomes between the treatment group and a properly co

Supplementary feeding for improving the health of disadvantaged infants and young children: a systematic review

Systematic review 3ie PDF icon 2016  

This systematic review by Kristjansson and colleagues examines whether food supplementation is effective in improving the health of disadvantaged children aged 3 months to 5 years, and the factors

A youth wage subsidy experiment for South Africa

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2015  

South Africa has a youth unemployment problem.

Improving immunisation coverage in Ethiopia: a formative evaluation in pastoral communities

Other evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2019  
In Ethiopia, approximately 15 million people practice pastoralism. Although there have been significant improvements in the health sector over the last decade, the government’s Health Extension Program static health posts are still unable to address the needs of the pastoral communities adequately.

UP: Are you willing to pay for community toilet access?

 

This article mentions a 3ie-funded study on the role that informational constraints and inadequate facilities play in driving the willingness to pay for access to community toilets and their use in Indian slums. In the article, Alex Armand, the principal investigator of the study said, “Through the study, we will try and understand how we can improve slum dwellers’ sanitation practices and understand the behavioural aspects of users and operators”.

When to start ART? A replication study of timing of antiretroviral therapy for HIV-1-associated Tuberculosis

Replication paper 3ie 2018  
In this paper, the research team conducted a replication study of Havlir and others’ 2011 study, “Timing of antiretroviral therapy for HIV-1 infection and tuberculosis.”

Agricultural innovation: an evidence gap map

Evidence gap map

This map, funded by the UK Department for International Development and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, presents existing evidence on agricultural inputs, practices and programmes aimed at improving farmers’ productivity and well-being. It further highlights prominent evidence gaps on cost-effectiveness, measurements of spillover effects and the use of experimental evaluation methods.

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