Resource-dependent countries often fail to benefit from their natural resource wealth. Countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria have vast quantities of natural resources, yet their per capita incomes are among the lowest in the world.
More than one third of countries in the world – including nearly all of Sub-Saharan Africa – will fail to meet the Sustainable Development Goals’ benchmarks for maternal and newborn health if current trends continue, according to Duke University researchers.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected virtually every sphere of life across the world, including impact evaluations. To better understand these effects, we conducted a rapid informal survey of evaluation researchers in East Africa via email.
There is plenty of interest from policymakers in having cost analyses accompany impact evaluations, as we learned in last week’s Virtual Evidence Weeks panel. Our expert panelists agreed that overcoming these barriers will require pressure from funding organizations.
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.
Max Freidrich will present the results of a recent study using the risks, attitudes, norms, abilities and self-regulation psychological theory approach to determine the main drivers of and barriers to reducing crop residue burning.
In 2005, Nigeria adopted the Reach Every Ward strategy to improve vaccination coverage for children 0-23 months old. By 2015, Ogun State in the southwestern region had achieved full immunisation coverage in 12 out of 20 of its local government areas (LGAs).
Evidence uptake and use from 3ie-funded studies: Systematic review on self-help groups informs the Gates Foundation’s strategy on gender equality | 3ie blogs | Upcoming events | 3ie videos
Ashrita Saran (Campbell Collaboration) will talk about evidence gap maps, how they are used, and ongoing initiatives by Campbell Collaboration in this area.
This study evaluated the impact of providing information to local leaders and communities about the discovery of natural gas in Mozambique, and the implications for provincial government revenues and job creation.
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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
