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3ie’s Development Evidence Portal: Value for money in a time of resource uncertainty

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).

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How to communicate a null-results impact evaluation

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.

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Insights from the Development Evidence Portal – the Middle East and North Africa

Insights from the Development Evidence Portal – the Middle East and North Africa

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…

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30 October 2025
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Mark Engelbert
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China’s explosion of impact evaluations: what it means for the global evidence base

Our latest blog in our series on regional trends in impact evaluation research takes a slightly different tack. Instead of surveying a region, we focus on a single country: China. China has emerged…
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14 October 2025
Paul-Thissen
Paul Thissen
Audrey Portes
Audrey Portes
Sudhanshu Handa
Sudhanshu Handa
Marie Gaarder
Marie Gaarder 1+
 

Ethics advances at JDEff for our peacebuilding special issue and beyond

Ethical considerations should remain at the forefront of researchers’ minds when conducting evaluations of development, humanitarian, and peacebuilding interventions. To make sure that authors for…
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14 October 2025
Sanghwa Lee
Sanghwa Lee
Maria Daniela Anda Leon
Maria Daniela Anda Leon
Shannon Shisler
Shannon Shisler
Anil Thota
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Closing the gaps: Building evidence on irregular migration

We have just published our new inception report (protocol) for updating and expanding 3ie’s evidence gap map (EGM) on interventions addressing root causes and other drivers of irregular migration…
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09 October 2025
Fiona Kastel
Fiona Kastel
Devika Lakhote
Devika Lakhote
Sanchi Lokhande
Sanchi Lokhande
Saqib Masood
Saqib Masood
Geetika Pandya
Geetika Pandya 2+
 

Learning on the go: Building and testing our Gen AI-based evidence assistant

Each year, more than $200 billion is invested in life-saving policies and programs globally. Ensuring these resources deliver maximum impact depends on decision-makers having timely access to high…
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07 October 2025
Marie Gaarder
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When the things “everyone knows” turn out to be wrong

I still remember my early days as a fresh PhD economist at the Inter-American Development Bank. My job was to help design health and social programs across Latin America. I arrived eager, idealistic,…
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