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).
Development programs aim to improve outcomes for poor and vulnerable populations, from better health and increased learning to higher productivity and incomes. Impact evaluations apply research tools to assess whether those intended outcomes were achieved because of the program.
Our latest piece in the ‘state of the evidence’ series – which interprets data by unpacking the studies in our Development Evidence Portal (DEP) – focuses on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. . The DEP currently includes 740 impact evaluations (IE) and 352 systematic reviews (SR) from the region, which is the second smallest amongst regions containing low- and middle-income…
How and to what extent do development programs deliver intended outcomes in a rapidly evolving sector? 3ie’s recent evaluation of the IDEA project (Increasing Income, Diversifying Diets, and…
India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has emerged as a powerful driver of financial inclusion, transforming how people send and receive money and accounting for nearly 85% of all digital payments…
Over the past two decades, the volume of rigorous impact evaluation evidence has grown dramatically. This is a major success for the evidence-informed development community. Yet despite this growth,…
Policymakers, researchers and practitioners now have access to the most up-to-date rigorous evidence base on interventions addressing root causes and drivers of irregular migration, a field in which…
3ie’s multi-year evaluation of one of the world’s largest poverty-alleviation programs, i.e. India’s Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), has generated rich…
