Economists and political scientists adopt a range of approaches to evaluate interventions. Prominent among these is the Randomized Control Trials (RCTs) method.
Rigmor C Berg and Eva Denison review studies that use randomized control trials and qualitative designs to analyse the effectiveness of interventions to reduce the prevalence of female genital mutilation.
This study by Nava Ashraf, Oriana Bandiera and Kelsey Jack evaluates the impact of different incentive mechanisms on the performance of community-based agents (i.e.
This report summarises a systematic review by Oya and colleagues that assesses the impact of agriculture certification schemes on improving socio-economic conditions for workers and farmers in low- and middle-income countries.
Drew B Cameron, Edward M Whitney, and Paul C Winters replicated the results of an influential 2010 study, Property rights for the poor: Effects of land titling by Sebastian Galiani and Ernesto Schargrodsky.
This brief outlines the main findings of an evidence gap map on impact evaluations and systematic reviews referring to agricultural inputs, practices and programmes aimed at improving farmers’ productivity and well-being.
This map, funded by the US Global Development Lab at USAID, presents the impact evaluation and systematic review evidence base for how science, technology, innovation and partnerships accelerate development outcomes in L&MICs.
Poverty combined with structural factors that perpetuate social marginalisation cause women to be doubly disadvantaged. Promoting self-help groups (SHGs) has been the institutional response of development practitioners, governments, civil society and donors, especially in South Asia.
To inform 3ie’s Promoting Latrine Use in Rural India Thematic Window, we undertook a scoping study to identify the state of rigorous evidence in this area and to find out what decision makers,
