This systematic review by Vaessen and colleagues focuses on the impact of microcredit interventions on one aspect of empowerment – increasing women’s control over household spending decisions – and the circumstances under which it occurs.
Robert Chambers, Dean Karlan, Martin Ravallion and Patricia Rogers present their views on the evaluation of three interventions – conditional cash transfer, infrastructure,
There is a lack of credible data on children with disabilities in developing nations, presenting an obstacle for rigorous research evaluation of policy interventions.
Authors of this study focused on questions related to packaging and labelling for oral HIV self-test kits in Kenya, specifically, those related to the government’s existing and planned regulations.
Findings from 3ie’s systematic review, Interventions for improving learning outcomes and access to education in low- and middle-income countries, are mentioned in this article discussing the effectiveness of digital classrooms in Kenya. The author questions the move by tech start-ups in Kenya to invest in computer-assisted learning to improve literacy. She cites 3ie’s review, which states such programmes have ‘decidedly mixed effects’, and depend on the context.
