Reaching SDG 3: Promoting immunizations can safeguard children from preventable diseases and death

While ensuring healthy lives for all ages is among the top Sustainable Development Goals, progress towards achieving this objective has recently decelerated as far as children are concerned. There…

Reaching SDG 15: Evidence shows how to protect land ecosystems by leveraging communities

Climate change threatens life on land – including us humans. Yet land resources and ecosystems hold some of the solutions to slow global warming and its harmful effects. The connections between…

Push button replications – promoting credibility in 3ie’s evidence generation process

Social science research is currently facing questions about credibility, as existing evidence points to the lack of replicability of reported results. Multiple instances have occurred where users…

Managing large-scale surveys: best practices for data collection preparation

Our team is evaluating India’s National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)—one of the world’s largest poverty alleviation programs. The study spans nine states of the country: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,…

Reaching SDG 5: Breaking down gender barriers to build lasting solutions

Progress to achieve gender equality by 2030 – the 5th Sustainable Development Goal – has stalled. The pandemic set back gains that had been made toward equality, and gender disparities remain…