International Initiative for Impact Evaluation

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Interventions to Combat Childhood Diarrhea in Developing Countries by Hugh Waddington, Lorna Fewtrell, Birte Snilstveit, and Howard White, 3ie.

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Published paper:

Snilstveit B. and Waddington H. (2009), "Effectiveness and sustainability of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions in combating diarrhoea", Journal of Development Effectiveness, Vol 1 Issue 3: 295–335.

Interventions to Promote Social Cohesion in Sub-Saharan Africa by Elisabeth King and Cyrus Samii from Columbia University and Birte Snilstveit.

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Published paper:

King E., Samii C. and Snilstveit B. (2010), "Interventions to promote social cohesion in sub-Saharan Africa", Journal of Development Effectiveness, Vol 2 Issue 3: 336-370

The effects of microcredit on women's control over household spending in developing countries by Frans Leeuw, Jos Vaessen, Johan Bastiaensen, Sara Bonilla, Nathalie Holvoet, Ruslan Lukach and Ana Rivas, Maastricht University.

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The effects of K-12 school enrollment policies in developing countries by Robert F. Boruch, Claire Morgan and Anthony Petrosino, WestEd.

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Community based intervention package for reducing maternal, perinatal and neonatal mortality and morbidities by Zohra S Lassi, Batool Haider and Zulfiquar Bhutta, Aga Khan University.

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Published paper: Lassi ZS, Haider BA, Bhutta ZA. Community-based intervention packages for reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality and improving neonatal outcomes. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 11. Art. No.: CD007754. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007754.pub2.

Willingness to Pay for Cleaner Water in Less Developed Countries by Clair Null, Emory University; Michael Kremer and Robyn Meeks, Harvard University; Edward Miguel, University of California, Berkeley; and Alix Peterson Zwane, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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The impact of daycare programs on child health, nutrition and development in developing countries by Jef LeRoy, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Paola Gadsden, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica (INSP) and Maite Guijarro, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas.

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Behavior change interventions to prevent HIV among low-income girls and women living in low and middle income countries by Nancy Padian, University of California, Berkeley; Sandra McCoy, RTI International; and Abigail Kangwende, Africa University,Mutare.

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Published paper:

MacCoy SI et al (2010), "Behavior change interventions to prevent HIV among low-income girls and women living in low and middle income countries", AIDS and Behaviour, Vol 14 Issue 3: 469-82.

The Impact of Agricultural Extension Services by Hugh Waddington, Birte Snilstveit, and Howard White from 3ie; and Jock Anderson from the World Bank.

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Slum Upgrading Strategies and Their Effects on Health and Social Outcomes by Ruhi Rahim Saith, Ruth Turley, Nandita Bhan and Elizabeth Waters, Institute for Public Health, India.

A systematic review and explanatory model of the relative success of interventions designed to reduce the prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting by Eva Denison, Rigmor Berg, Simon Lewin and Jan Odgaard-Jensen, Norwegian Knowledge Centre for Health Services.

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What are the impacts of preschool feeding programmes for disadvantaged young children? by Elizabeth Kristjansson and Vivian Welch from University of Ottawa; Damian Francis from University of the West Indies; Trisha Greenhalgh from University College London.

Are interventions to help street children effective? by Esther Coren, Manuela Thomae and Petra Englebrecht from Canterbury Christ Church University; Jordi Pardo Pardo from University of Ottawa, and Kabita Chakraborty from University of Melbourne.

What are the impacts of community based rehabilitation for people with physical and mental disabilities?

What are the impacts of interventions to reduce violent crime in developing countries? by Lorraine Mazerolle, Sarah Bennett, Gentry White, Jacqueline Davis from University of Queensland.

What are the impacts of ICT provision, such as mobile phones, laptops and community-based computer access, in rural areas? by Rohan Samarajiva, Nilusha Kapugama, Rohan Samarajiva and Tahani Iqbal from LIRNEasia; and Christopher Stork from Research ICT Africa.

What are the effects of free trade zones on employment and wages? by Xavier Cirera, Laura Munro, Rajith Lakshman and Dirk Willenbockel from the Institute of Development Studies.

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