Chief - Strategic Initiatives
Douglas guides and implements 3ie's strategic direction, with an emphasis on technical innovation and efficient, high-quality delivery of services to our partners. He also heads 3ie strategic initiatives, including in data innovations, cost evidence, and training.
Senior Research Associate
Cem supports the production of evidence gap maps and systematic reviews on a variety of topics, having previously worked on the social cohesion systematic review and food systems evidence gap map. Cem holds an MSc in Security Study from UCL and a BA in Politics from the University of Kent.
Executive Director, 3ie
Marie Gaarder is the executive director of 3ie, leading the organisation’s efforts to improve lives in low- and middle-income countries by supporting the generation and effective use of high-quality and relevant evidence to inform decision-making.
Director – Evidence for Policy and Learning
Thomas Kelly leads 3ie’s agenda to strengthen evidence cultures and to develop practical solutions to facilitate evidence use.
Regional Director (RD), IPA
Juan Manuel Hernández-Agramonte is the Regional Director (RD) for at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and he is part of the IPA Applied Research & Methods (ARM) affiliates group, serving as an Internal Principal Investigator. His research focuses on understanding the impact of educational policies with an interest in diversity and inclusion. As RD, Juan provides support to governments and practitioners in LAC in implementing evidence-based policy. To do so, Juan designs and manages a wide range of impact evaluations. Part of his role is to provide technical assistance to governments in the incorporation of evidence into the policy cycle. One of his main projects in this area was to lead the creation of MineduLab, the innovation lab for education policy of the Ministry of Education of Peru. Before working for IPA, he was a Policy Manager for J-PAL, where he worked on developing government initiatives to incorporate evidence into policy decisions. He holds an Msc in International Development Studies from the University of Amsterdam and a BA in Sociology from Complutense de Madrid University.
Nkululeko Tshabalala coordinated for ACE the qualitative components of 3ie's systematic review 'Strengthening women’s empowerment and gender equality in fragile contexts towards peaceful and inclusive societies'.
Research Fellow, Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions
Thalia completed her PhD at the University of Heidelberg’s Institute of Public Health in the Epidemiology and Biostatistics unit. Under the supervision of Dr. Sabine Gabrysch, Thalia worked on the Food and Agricultural Approaches to Reducing Malnutrition (FAARM), a clustered randomized field trial investigating the impact of Helen Keller International’s Homestead Food Production program in rural Bangladesh. Her dissertation examined the association of food access, diet and nutrition with depression in women of reproductive age, particularly in Bangladesh. Prior to joining the Heidelberg Public Health team, she worked for two years in South Sudan as a Technical Advisor to the South Sudan Guinea Worm Eradication Program with the Carter Center. Thalia holds a Master in Public Health from Columbia University, focusing on forced migration and humanitarian assistance, and a Bachelor of Arts from Smith College in anthropology and Spanish.
Former Research Associate, 3ie
Veronika contributed to the production of systematic reviews and evidence gap maps of evidence on the effectiveness of social and economic interventions in low- and middle-income countries. She also supported in developing and carrying out a systematic search of the literature; screening titles and abstracts; critical appraisal; extracting data from the included studies; and synthesizing evidence.
Researcher, ACE
Promise Nduku is a researcher at ACE with a MA in development economics from the University of Johannesburg. His skills include econometric modelling, statistical analysis, and team management. At ACE, Promise works with and coordinates a team of junior reviewers on multiple evidence syntheses.
To respond to a rapidly-changing global context, the evaluation community needs to adapt its methods and approaches, according to an expert panel assembled by the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group (IEG).
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Author : Constanza Gonzalez Parrao, Etienne Lwamba, Lina Khan, Malte Lierl, Miriam Berretta, Jane Hammaker, Charlotte Lane, Katherine Quant, John Eyers, Douglas Glandon
Sector : Public administration
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Author : Miriam Beretta, Sanghwa Lee, Meital Kupfer, Carolyn Huang, Will Ridlehoover, Daniel Frey, Faez Ahmed, Binyang Song, Kristen Marie Edwards, Jaron Porciello, John Eyers, Birte Snilstveit
Sector : Social protection
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Author : Francis Rathinam, Juliette Finetti, Zeba Siddiqui, Birte Snilstveit, Hannah Chirgwin, Richard Appell, Eleanor Dickens, Marie Gaarder
Sector : Energy and extractives
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Author : Daniel Phillips, Christopher Coffey, Stergiani Tsoli, Jennifer Stevenson, Hugh Waddington, John Eyers, Howard White, Birte Snilstveit
Sector : Agriculture, fishing, and forestry
