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Does microenterprise seed capital help the poor build sustainable livelihoods in the Philippines?

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie

2020

This brief summarizes lessons from an impact evaluation that measures the effectiveness of the Philippine government’s Sustainable Livelihood Program’s Microenterprise Development assistance through the Seed Capital Fund modality on labor outcomes, income, expenditure, savings and capital investment.

Effects of access to electricity interventions on socio-economic outcomes in low- and middle-income countries

Systematic review Brief 3ie

2020

This brief presents the findings of a systematic review on the effectiveness of electricity interventions on socio-economic outcomes for households, firms and communities in low- and middle- income countries.

Despite the hype, do not expect big data to replace traditional surveys anytime soon

Douglas Glandon, Ran Goldblatt, Maria Ruth Jones, Bilal Siddiqi 07 January 2021 blog

The COVID-19 pandemic has created new hype around the potential for new, ‘big’, data sources to revolutionize data collection, and change the landscape of evidence for policy. Non-traditional data sources - like satellite imagery, call detail records, and social media posts—do offer exciting opportunities to track and understand processes on Earth across space and time like never possible before.

Ran Goldblatt

Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing expert
Dr. Ran Goldblatt is a Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing expert with 20+ years of experience in complex geospatial data fusion, analysis and modelling, including development of methodologies and tools for monitoring features of the urban environment and their relation to socio-economic properties of the urban population and urbanicity. He has developed innovative machine learning methodologies and approaches for mapping land cover and land use. He supports organizations such as the World Bank and FEMA in utilizing big data to monitor socio-economic dynamics in the US and in developing countries. He has also initiated, together with the UC Berkeley, the Geo4Dev Initiative, a hub for geospatial data and tools for measurements of developing countries.

Maria Ruth Jones

Survey Specialist, DIME, World Bank
Maria Jones is a Survey Specialist in the Impact Evaluation (DIME) unit at the World Bank. At DIME, she coordinates DIME Analytics, an initiative to increase and standardize data quality across the DIME portfolio, and works on agricultural impact evaluations. She created and runs DIME’s annual Manage Successful Impact Evaluations course and the DIME Wiki. Her current work at DIME includes focusing on integrating non-survey data sources to inform about COVID-19 policy response.

Bilal Siddiqi

Director of Research, CEGA
Bilal is the Director of Research at the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) at the University of California, Berkeley, where he articulates and advances CEGA’s intellectual agenda. His research interests lie in political economy and applied microeconomics, focusing on the relationship between law, institutions, conflict, and development. His current work at CEGA includes addressing the need to track the impact of COVID-19 by using cellphone and satellite data.

Big Data in the time of a pandemic

Zeba Siddiqui, Francis Rathinam 07 January 2021 blog

With a significant number of active cases globally, the novel coronavirus represents an extreme public health challenge. The outbreak of the pandemic has led to stringent travel restrictions, making data collection a highly challenging task for the development research community.

Optimising the use of economic interventions to increase demand for voluntary medical male circumcision in Kenya

Impact evaluation 3ie

2016

This study assessed the impact of two five-month short message service (SMS) campaigns designed to increase the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in Zambia; one was a conventiona

This new evidence gap map shows what we know – and what we don't know – about food systems interventions

Ingunn Storhaug, Charlotte Lane 11 January 2021 blog

Right now, 690 million people are undernourished and at least 650 million people are obese. Given these staggering statistics, it is imperative that we use the best available evidence to improve nutrition and food security across the globe.

The effects of food systems interventions on food security and nutrition outcomes in low- and middle-income countries

Evidence gap map 3ie

2021

This evidence gap map report assesses the effects of food systems interventions on food security and nutrition outcomes in low- and middle- income countries. The map also identifies potential primary and synthesis evidence gaps.

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Strengthening good governance through government effectiveness in low- and middle-income countries: an evidence gap map

Evidence gap map 2021 Publication type :
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

Building Resilient Societies in Low- and Middle-income Countries: An Evidence Gap Map

Evidence gap map 2023 Publication type :
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

Does microenterprise seed capital help the poor build sustainable livelihoods in the Philippines?

Effects of access to electricity interventions on socio-economic outcomes in low- and middle-income countries

Despite the hype, do not expect big data to replace traditional surveys anytime soon

Ran Goldblatt

Maria Ruth Jones

Bilal Siddiqi

Big Data in the time of a pandemic

Optimising the use of economic interventions to increase demand for voluntary medical male circumcision in Kenya

This new evidence gap map shows what we know – and what we don't know – about food systems interventions

The effects of food systems interventions on food security and nutrition outcomes in low- and middle-income countries

Strengthening good governance through government effectiveness in low- and middle-income countries: an evidence gap map

Building Resilient Societies in Low- and Middle-income Countries: An Evidence Gap Map

Improving Food Security in Humanitarian Settings: An Evidence Gap Map

The Effect of Transparency and Accountability Interventions in the Extractive Sectors: An Evidence Gap Map

Group-based Livelihood Interventions in L&MICs

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Evidence Gap Map: 2018 Update

Agricultural Innovation: An Evidence Gap Map

Social, Behavioural and Community Engagement Interventions for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child Health

A Map of Evidence Maps Relating to Sustainable Development in L&MICs

Agricultural Risk and Mitigation Gap Map

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