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Making AI work: Practical applications in impact evaluation

In this blog, we highlight several examples from 3ie’s work that demonstrate how AI can help unlock new sources and types of data, strengthen evaluation design, analyze larger volumes of data than ever before, and do it faster and more cost-effectively. Ultimately, AI can free up valuable researcher time to imagine more ambitious evaluations and perhaps bring us closer to solving key…

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Evidence in a fragmented world: some reflections

Aid has always been shaped by donor interests, but development cooperation is now becoming more overtly interest-driven. Can development outcomes survive inside that new framing? In this blog, I highlight three key points and two boldish ideas I covered in my remarks at the recently-held OECD Conference on the Future of Development Cooperation.

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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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30 June 2026
Sanghwa Lee
Sanghwa Lee
Maria Daniela Anda Leon
Maria Daniela Anda Leon
Pierre Marion
Pierre Marion
Shannon Shisler
Shannon Shisler
Carolyn Huang
Carolyn Huang
Anil Thota
Anil Thota 3+
 

Addressing irregular migration: Insights from 3ie’s latest evidence synthesis

3ie has updated its 2023 Evidence Gap Map (EGM) on interventions aiming to address the root causes and drivers of irregular migration. The updated map, released in early 2026, now covers 105 impact…
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30 June 2026
Etienne Lwamba
Etienne Lwamba +
 

A world of evidence: analysing the spread of impact evaluation through a dashblog

The 2025 SDG Report highlights a stark reality: only 35% of SDG targets show adequate progress, and just 18% are currently on track. At the same time, 18% of targets have regressed below their 2015…
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11 June 2026
Marie Gaarder
Marie Gaarder +
 

The missing middle: why connecting evidence systems to decision systems is key

The development sector has never had access to more evidence. Decades of impact evaluations, systematic reviews, evidence gap maps, and data systems have produced a substantial body of knowledge (see…
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OECD panel
02 June 2026
Marie Gaarder
Marie Gaarder +
 

Evidence in a fragmented world: some reflections

Aid has always been shaped by donor interests, but development cooperation is now becoming more overtly interest-driven. Can development outcomes survive inside that new framing? In this blog, I…
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14 April 2026
Astrid Gracia
Astrid Garcia +
 

A lasting win against food insecurity

At the height of uncertainty, many families arriving in Colombia faced a daily question: Will we eat today?For Marisol, a mother of three, food was never just about hunger. It was about…
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