Marie Gaarder

Marie Gaarder
Designation: 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.
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Where next in the quest for better evidence — after this year's picks for the Nobel Prize in Economics

David de Ferranti, Marie Gaarder, Sebastian Martinez 13 December 2021 blog  
The buzz around this year’s Nobel Prize picks in economics continues to stimulate discussion, not least on “where next in the quest for better evidence?” The groundbreaking research by Laureates David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens has substantially improved our ability to answer key causal questions with great benefits to society. But much more needs to be done to get from conceptual advances to improved practice in evidence-informed decision-making by policymakers and program designers around the globe.

What is desirable vs. what is feasible: Producing evidence on peacebuilding programming

Tilman Brück, Andrea Cook, Björn Gehrmann, Kyle Jacques, Håvard Mokleiv Nygård, Marie Gaarder 21 October 2021 blog  
Measuring the impact of peacebuilding is different than measuring the impact of other types of programs. We should aim for a more evidence-based foreign policy and multilateral interventions, which might be able to propel us to new levels of global peace.

15 years after "Will we ever learn?": Well, did we?

Marie Gaarder, Etienne Lwamba 29 June 2021 blog  
Fifteen years ago, the Evaluation Gap Working Group published a report noting the absence of solid evidence on the effectiveness of development programming. This report, and the intellectual community behind it, drove a wave of work on impact evaluations in the development sector. So, did we learn?

2020 Hindsight: A year of what the evidence has taught us

Marie Gaarder 21 December 2020 blog  
A little less than a year ago, at the start of what has become an infamous year, we launched a yearlong social media campaign called ‘2020 Hindsight: What Works in Development.’

Message from our executive director

Marie Gaarder 15 July 2020 blog  
3ie’s executive director Marie Gaarder takes stock of the last few months as head of 3ie. She reflects on some of the challenges, opportunities and measures that 3ie is taking to respond to the complexities facing us all today.