Birte Snilstveit

Birte Snilstveit
Designation: Director – Synthesis & Reviews and Head of 3ie London Office
Birte leads a dynamic team dedicated to the production and use of synthesised evidence to inform policy in low-and middle-income countries. She is the head of 3ie’s London office and as director, she is also part of 3ie’s senior management team.
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Evidence base of sexual and reproductive health and rights interventions growing, but gaps remain

Tomasz Kozakiewicz, Marcellina Schmidt, Birte Snilstveit, Lina Khan, Shannon Shisler, Megha Bhattacharyya 28 September 2023 blog  
Ahead of World Contraception Day (26 September) and International Safe Abortion Day (28 September), UN experts called for states, especially those in emergency, humanitarian and crisis situations, to promote, protect and respect sexual and reproductive health and all related rights. To do this, the experts underscored the need to establish inclusive policies, evidence-informed services, and leadership rooted in international human rights conventions. In our latest evidence gap map (EGM) on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)

A classification of interventions and outcomes for international development evidence

Tomasz Kozakiewicz, Birte Snilstveit, Mark Engelbert 20 December 2021 blog  
Ever had to scan a vast number of papers manually, just so you can find the evidence you need? Confused by the different terminologies used in a paper to talk about the same intervention? Annoyed that the abstract doesn’t mention all the outcomes?

Six major upgrades to the evidence architecture: making evidence easily available and accessible

Birte Snilstveit, Mark Engelbert 25 November 2021 blog  
Easy access to evidence does not equal use. But if we are to realise the potential of evidence to inform policy and change lives, access to reliable sources of evidence is a necessary condition.

Mapping the evidence on the effects of rule of law interventions on justice outcomes

Ada Sonnenfeld, Birte Snilstveit, Lina Khan, Anna Fox 08 October 2020 blog  
The systematic use of evidence can help inform decisions on what research to conduct, what interventions to implement and how to improve the effectiveness of programs.

Addressing the need for timely and reliable evidence in the time of COVID-19

Birte Snilstveit, Laurenz Langer, Tamara Lotfi 18 May 2020 blog  
The COVID-19 pandemic brings the importance of high-quality, timely and relevant evidence to the fore. Governments all over the world justify radical policies to control and manage the pandemic with reference to evidence.