Services for street-connected children and young people in low- and middle-income countries: a thematic synthesis

Systematic review 3ie PDF icon 2014  

This systematic review by Coren and colleagues examines the effect of interventions that promote reintegration and reduce harmful behaviour among street-connected children and young people (SCCYP).

Cash transfers and HIV/HSV-2 prevalence: a replication of a cluster randomized trial in Malawi

Replication paper 3ie 2017  
In this paper, Lynette Smith, Nick Hein and Danstan Bagenda conduct a replication study of the influential 2012 publication, Effect of a cash transfer programme for schooling on prevalence of HIV and herpes simplex type 2 in Malawi.

Targeting the poor: evidence from a field experiment in Indonesia

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2014  

Developing country governments often lack verifiable household income information to identify beneficiaries for social programmes.

Sound expectations: from impact evaluations to policy change

Working paper 3ie PDF icon 2011  

Vanesa Weyrauch and Gala Diaz Langou develop a conceptual framework to identify factors that help or hinder impact evaluation and analyze how they influence policy.

Using evidence for better practices

 

In this blog, Axel Vande veegaete (Belgian Red Cross-Flanders), a 3ie grantee, wrote about the helpful evidence from a 3ie-funded systematic review which examined which promotional approaches are effective in changing handwashing and sanitation behaviour and which implementation factors affect the success or failure of such interventions.

Social, behavioural and community engagement interventions for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health: an evidence gap map

Evidence gap map 3ie PDF icon 2017  
This report outlines the main findings of an evidence gap map on social, behavioural and community engagement interventions related to reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health programmes in L&MICs.

Agricultural risk and mitigation gap map

Evidence gap map

This map, funded by the UK Department for International Development, presents existing evidence on agricultural insurance interventions that aim to improve smallholder farmer resilience in L&MICs.

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Measuring spillovers matters

Systematic review Brief 3ie PDF icon 2016  
This brief is based on the systematic review, The identification and measurement of health-related spillovers in impact evaluations: a systematic review by Benjamin-Chung et al. It tries to identify mechanisms that trigger spillover through geographic or social proximity, learning or imitation, norm-shaping, income and substitute effects, general equilibrium effects and relative deprivation.

Climate change: Effective ways of cutting greenhouse gas emissions

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie PDF icon 2009  
There are few rigorous impact evaluations of climate change interventions. But some examples in the field of conservation stand out. A number of recent studies evaluate the impact of protected areas, payment for environmental services and decentralized forest management.

Why targeting matters: a systematic review of farmer field schools targeting

Systematic review 3ie PDF icon 2015  

Targeting in any development intervention is critical, as it impacts programmes outcomes. This review studies targeting in farmer field school (FFS) programmes.

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