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Publication

As part of our mandate as a knowledge producer and translator for our main audiences, we maintain a range of free online publication series: briefs, impact evaluation reports, systematic review technical and summary reports, replication papers, evidence gap map reports, scoping, and working papers.

Latest publications

Understanding NRLM’s Impact on Livelihoods and Social Outcomes: A Unifying Framework

Working paper 3ie

2023 This paper presents a unifying framework for understanding the impact of India’s National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) on livelihoods and social outcomes. It derives key insight from the literature on economic growth. This paper is part of our ongoing Rural India Livelihoods Program supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Interventions to reverse democratic backsliding need to be more context-aware

Learning summary Brief 3ie

2023 The authors of this brief present findings of a rapid evidence assessment on the effects of democracy and freedom interventions in democratic backsliding contexts. This brief was commissioned by the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

The effects of democracy and freedom interventions in democratic backsliding contexts: A rapid evidence assessment

Working paper 3ie

2023 The authors of this report present findings of a rapid evidence assessment on the effects of democracy and freedom interventions in democratic backsliding contexts. This report was commissioned by the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

Evaluating agriculture in Niger using remotely-sensed data: preliminary lessons

Learning summary Brief 3ie

2023 Authors of this brief share preliminary lessons from an ongoing evaluation of Niger’s Agricultural Production Intensification for Food Security Project (PIPA/SA) which aims to increase irrigated and rain-fed crop production. Since the intervention areas are remote and hard to survey, the West African Development Bank (BOAD) commissioned 3ie and New Light Technologies to use remotely sensed data to analyze various program outcomes, including changes in production, water availability, siltation and desertification.

Strengthening good governance in low- and middle-income countries: an evidence gap map

Evidence gap map 3ie

2023 Authors of this report present findings from an evidence gap map of interventions that aim to strengthen governance effectiveness in low-and middle-income countries.

Promoting political competition through elections in low- and middle-income countries: an evidence gap map

Evidence gap map 3ie

2023 Authors of this report presents the findings of a systematic search to identify and map the evidence base of impact evaluations and systematic reviews of interventions that aim to promote political competition effectiveness in low- and middle-income countries.

Agriculture-led growth in low- and middle-income countries: An evidence gap map

Evidence gap map Brief 3ie

2023 The authors summarize the impact evaluations and systematic reviews of agriculture-led growth interventions to support decision-making in global agricultural development. This work was commissioned by USAID’s Bureau for Resilience and Food Security.

Agriculture-led Growth in Low- and Middle-income Countries: An Evidence Gap Map

Evidence gap map 3ie

2023 This report provides an overview of the available impact evaluations and systematic reviews on agriculture-led growth interventions to support decision-making in global agricultural development. This map was commissioned by USAID’s Bureau for Resilience and Food Security.

Food systems and nutrition: Describing the evidence from 2000 to 2023

Evidence gap map 3ie

2023 The authors of this report map the latest impact evaluations and systematic reviews that assess the effects of food systems interventions on food security and nutrition outcomes in low-and middle-income countries. This is a mid-term report that provides an overview of the evidence up to January 2023.

An impact assessment of EAMDA’s banana initiative to increase technology adoption by smallholder farmers in Kenya

Impact evaluation 3ie

2023 The authors of this study evaluate the short-run impacts of a project aimed at modernizing banana cultivation in Kenya implemented by the East Africa Market Development Associates (EAMDA).