Mark Engelbert

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Designation: Senior Evaluation Specialist & Leader, Development Evidence Portal
Mark manages 3ie’s Development Evidence Portal and supports the production of systematic reviews and evidence gap maps in a variety of topics, with emphasis on agriculture and immunisation.
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Insights from the Development Evidence Portal: Where is the evidence (like, on a map)?

Mark Engelbert 02 May 2023 blog
 

As we mark 3ie’s 15 years, it’s an opportune time to take stock of the “state of the evidence”, using one of our major contributions to the field of evidence use: the Development Evidence Portal (DEP). The Portal makes evidence about the effectiveness of development interventions accessible to a large constituency of evidence users, funders, and decision-makers across the globe.

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.

What do we know about what works to increase routine vaccination coverage?

Mark Engelbert 28 April 2020 blog
 
World Immunisation Week 2020 has arrived, and vaccinations are on a lot of people’s minds at the moment, with everyone wondering when/if a vaccine against COVID-19 will be available.

Landing the big one: Can we rely on the private sector to empower women and improve child nutrition?

Mark Engelbert 11 February 2020 blog
 
A lot of traditional thinking in development says that the private sector can be a powerful force for tackling problems associated with poverty, but it can’t do everything. For example, private-sector actors, with their financial motivations, have incentives to work with poor farmers on value chains.