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Journal of Development Effectiveness

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Journal of Development Effectiveness: walking the talk on TREE (Transparent, Reproducible…

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Explore 3ie’s new inventory of remote-sensing indicators to leverage satellite data for…

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What happens when women come together to lead businesses in rural India?

Podcast by Kausalya Nandakumar

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Private sector, a lead catalyst to enable change - with Kausalya Nandakumar

Economic and empowerment impacts of millet processing and value-addition enterprises by women SHGs in tribal areas of Odisha, India (E²IMPART)

Publications

Economic and empowerment impacts of millet processing and value-addition enterprises by…

Impact of a COVID-19 emergency liquidity support package on bank performance and lending: a controlled interrupted time series (CITS) analysis

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Impact of a COVID-19 emergency liquidity support package on bank performance and lending:…

Mapping the evidence on food systems and nutrition: insights from a living evidence and gap map

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Mapping the evidence on food systems and nutrition: insights from a living evidence and…

Nutrition International and 3ie Launch Evidence Gap Map to Combat Anaemia

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Nutrition International and 3ie Launch Evidence Gap Map to Combat Anaemia

Research Commissioning Centre: Upcoming calls for proposals

Features

Research Commissioning Centre: Upcoming calls for proposals

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04 Mar 2025

Explore 3ie’s new inventory of remote-sensing indicators to leverage satellite data for…

WASSAN-Swashakt
04 Mar 2025

What happens when women come together to lead businesses in rural India?

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10 Dec 2024

Learning from more than two decades of market access interventions for smallholder farmers

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05 Dec 2024

New FCDO Research Commissioning Centre funding round to understand evidence use in…

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29 Nov 2024

Evidence on climate, biodiversity and livelihoods highly concentrated thematically and…

Journal of Development Effectiveness
23 Oct 2024

Journal of Development Effectiveness: walking the talk on TREE (Transparent, Reproducible…

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03 Oct 2024

Navigating ethical considerations in evaluations: 3ie's TREE Review Framework in practice

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18 Sep 2024

How to communicate a null-results impact evaluation

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09 Apr 2025

Request for proposals: Household data collection for an impact evaluation in Bengaluru,…

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29 Jan 2025

Consultant for Strategy and Workplan to Mobilize Flexible Resources for Strategic…

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15 Apr 2025

Consultant-Research Assistant (Evaluation Office)

3ie announces centre to manage FCDO research investments
28 Nov 2023

3ie announces centre to manage FCDO research investments

Podcast by Madhu Krishna
26 Oct 2023

Realizing women’s full potential – with Madhu Krishna

Nutrition International and 3ie Launch Evidence Gap Map to Combat Anaemia
11 Dec 2024

Nutrition International and 3ie Launch Evidence Gap Map to Combat Anaemia

Podcast with Sybil Chidiac
29 Nov 2023

Overcoming barriers with information and knowledge – with Sybil Chidiac

isabel-imago-Podcast
27 Sep 2023

The power of collectives – with Isabel Guerrero

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11 Oct 2023

Social relationships and new opportunities – with Anjini Kochar

Global Evidence Commitment
27 Oct 2023

Global Evidence Commitment

Economic and empowerment impacts of millet processing and value-addition enterprises by women SHGs in tribal areas of Odisha, India (E²IMPART)
26 Mar 2025

Economic and empowerment impacts of millet processing and value-addition enterprises by…

KhetScore: Impacts of Using Digital Technologies to Unlock Credit and Insurance for Marginal Farmers in Odisha
20 Mar 2025

KhetScore: Impacts of Using Digital Technologies to Unlock Credit and Insurance for…

Picture-based crop insurance: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the impacts of using smartphone camera data for claims verification in India
26 Feb 2025

Picture-based crop insurance: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the impacts of…

KhetScore: Impacts of using digital technologies to unlock credit and insurance for marginal farmers in Odisha
28 Feb 2025

KhetScore: Impacts of using digital technologies to unlock credit and insurance for…

Impact of a COVID-19 emergency liquidity support package on bank performance and lending: a controlled interrupted time series (CITS) analysis
12 Mar 2025

Impact of a COVID-19 emergency liquidity support package on bank performance and lending:…

Mapping the evidence on food systems and nutrition: insights from a living evidence and gap map
09 Dec 2024

Mapping the evidence on food systems and nutrition: insights from a living evidence and…

The evidence on food systems and nutrition: insights from a living evidence and gap map,
09 Dec 2024

The evidence on food systems and nutrition: insights from a living evidence and gap map

Using contribution analysis to measure the use of evidence in closed research projects
22 Apr 2024

Using contribution analysis to measure the use of evidence in closed research projects

How did integrating qualitative evidence within a synthesis improve our understanding of the impact of food systems and nutrition interventions on women’s empowerment and gender equality?
22 Aug 2024

How did integrating qualitative evidence within a synthesis improve our understanding of…

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We offer an innovative and impactful suite of products and services across the research program cycle. We push development evidence beyond bare bones impact evaluations and systematic reviews to facilitate evidence and its use by governments, development institutions and funders. We tailor our approach to partners’ individual needs and strategic objectives and remain at the forefront of evidence-informed policy and practice.
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Research

Research

Nutrition and Food Security

Everyone needs reliable access to sufficient, safe and affordable nutritious food, coupled with a sanitary environment, adequate health, education and care. However, all too often, this need is not fu...
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Promoting and Mapping Sustainable Energy Evidence to Achieve SDG7

Delivering sustainable energy for all (SDG7) is key to making progress on several sustainable goals.
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Rural India Livelihoods Project

India's Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission aims to link the rural poor to sustainable livelihood opportunities and financial services. 3ie has been generating rigorous evide...
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Understanding Impacts of El Niño and the Indian Ocean Dipole in the Indo-Pacific

Climate events have significant consequences on societies and economies, deeply affecting people’s livelihoods, income, food security, and health conditions. Climate patterns can influenc...
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West Africa Capacity-building and Impact Evaluation

The West Africa Capacity-building and Impact Evaluation (WACIE) program is a regional initiative that supports and promotes the culture of evidence-informed decision-making among high-lev...
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Transparent, Reproducible and Ethical Evidence (TREE)

3ie champions the research transparency and reproducibility movement as a means of understanding and mitigating challenges to the credibility of social science research, while also workin...
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Network

Members

Members

Our members are public and private donors, government agencies from low and middle-income countries and NGOs

Partners

Partners

Our partnerships complement and extend our member network to strengthen the impact of our work and achieve deeper and more sustainable change in all areas of our work

Supporters

Supporters

Our supporters are donors that share something in common – a deep commitment to using high-quality evidence to inform development policies and programs that can improve the lives of people

Team

Team

Marie-Gaarder

Marie Gaarder

Executive Director
Birte Snilstveit

Birte Snilstveit

Director – Synthesis and Reviews and Head of London office
Hitesh Somani

Hitesh Somani

Director - Finance and Administration
Neelakshi Mann

Neelakshi Mann

Program Director - Asia
Sebastian Martinez

Sebastian Martinez

Director of Evaluation
Thomas_kelly

Thomas Kelly

Director – Evidence for Policy and Learning
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Grants given to researchers and institutions

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Years of experience

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Studies in the Development Evidence Portal

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Summaries of impact of our research evidence

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Evidence Hub

Evidence Hub

Publications

Publications

We maintain a range of free online and decision-support products

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Registry for International Development Impact...

RIDIE is a prospective registry of impact evaluations of development policies and programs in L&MICs

JDEFF

Journal of Development Effectiveness

The journal publishes papers reporting evidence of impact of development interventions

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