Media

This section brings together our multimedia products covering a wide range of topics and sectors to showcase 3ie's activities and work. It is also home to key knowledge-sharing as well as training resources produced by our teams over the years - many of them in collaboration with key partners. Whether you are an evaluator, educator, communicator or member of the media, this section helps you stay on top of our latest videos, podcasts, news and features.

Media

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Food System and Nutrition Evidence Gap Map

Evidence gap maps and syntheses are particularly important for helping researchers, funders, and decision-makers quickly digest massive amounts of information. Developed with support from Innovative Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA), the living EGM has been commissioned by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit's (GIZ) 'Knowledge for Nutrition' program.

Partner Messages

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Evidence Dialogues Interviews

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Evidence impact stories

13 videos available

3ie How-To videos

11 videos available

3ie-ADB lecture series

13 videos available

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Intro: Towards economic empowerment and self-empowerment of women

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3ie's Swashakt podcast series aims to explore the pathways towards economic empowerment and self-empowerment for women - primarily in India but also in other L&MICs.

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3ie announces center to manage FCDO research investments
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3ie announces centre to manage FCDO research investments

The International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) is proud to announce the establishment of a new research commissioning centre to support the Research and Evidence Directorate (RED) of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Led by 3ie, the University of Birmingham and an unmatched consortium of UK and global research partners, this centre will help manage strategic investments in science, technology and evidence. Over the next few years, FCDO will invest up to £25…

Latest News and Features

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Making crop insurance work for Indian farmers

3ie’s Bidisha Barooah and Zeba Siddiqui wrote an opinion piece in The Mint, one of India's top national dailies. The article focuses on lessons learned from ongoing impact evaluations on agricultural insurance programmes in India, under the Agriculture Insurance Evidence Programme. This article was also cross-posted on India Development Review's website.
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Toilets are being constructed at a remarkable pace, but it’s not a Prem Katha yet for all sections of the population

3ie’s Shaon Lahiri and Radhika Menon wrote an opinion piece for The Times of India, India’s largest circulating daily. The piece is based on the findings from 3ie’s scoping paper on promoting latrine use published last year. In the post, they discuss that while toilets are being built under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Clean India Mission), messaging in sanitation campaigns has failed to address some deep-rooted beliefs and attitudes about open defecation.
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Tailor climate insurance to needs of poorest: experts

3ie’s Bidisha Barooah presented findings from 3ie’s scoping paper for the Agricultural Risk Evidence Programme at a conference on rural Inequalities organised by the Independent Office of Evaluation of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). This Reuter’s article based on the two-day conference quoted Bidisha, who spoke about the need for more evidence generally in agricultural insurance and in particular for vulnerable people, especially women and children.
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Vaccine Indicator and Reminder Band Initiative

In this article, Noor Sabah Rakhshani talks about a 3ie-funded formative evaluations, Vaccine Indicator and Reminder band, a low-cost device that reminds parents when it is time to vaccinate their newborn children.
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Improving development policies with impact evaluations

In this article, Bartlomiej Kudrzycki and Isabel Günther discuss the relevance of impact evaluations in improving development policies. They cite our evidence gap maps on agricultural innovation and agricultural risk, impact evaluations, as well as other resources.
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UP: Are you willing to pay for community toilet access?

This article mentions a 3ie-funded study on the role that informational constraints and inadequate facilities play in driving the willingness to pay for access to community toilets and their use in Indian slums. In the article, Alex Armand, the principal investigator of the study said, “Through the study, we will try and understand how we can improve slum dwellers’ sanitation practices and understand the behavioural aspects of users and operators”.