Impact evaluation

These briefs provide plain-language summaries of the intervention, impact evaluation, main findings and recommendations from 3ie-funded studies published in our report series.

Latest impact evaluation briefs

Impact evaluation

Aquaculture in transition: Lessons from the impact evaluation of the IDEA project in Bangladesh

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie 2026  
The authors of this brief evaluate the IDEA project’s efforts to strengthen aquaculture, nutrition, and women’s empowerment in northwest Bangladesh, finding limited added impact amid rapid market-driven sector growth.

The impact of linkage modalities between index-based insurance and agricultural credit

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie 2026  
This brief presents evidence from a 4-year quasi-experimental impact evaluation of weather-index-based insurance bundled with agricultural loans for small-scale producers in Senegal.

Index-based insurance in Senegal, 10 years later: Stocktaking and future directions

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie 2026  
This brief presents evidence from a 4-year quasi-experimental impact evaluation of weather-index-based insurance bundled with agricultural loans for small-scale producers in Senegal.

Transforming rural livelihoods in India: Findings from NRETP and NRLM evaluation

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie 2026  
This brief is based on 3ie's study evaluating the impacts of India's National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), including its enhanced phase under the National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP).

From risk to resilience? The impact of weather index insurance bundled with agricultural loans in Senegal

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie 2025  
This brief presents evidence from a 4-year quasi-experimental impact evaluation of weather-index-based insurance bundled with agricultural loans for small-scale producers in Senegal.

Uptake and evaluation of innovative insurance-embedded credit for promoting resilience and livelihoods among smallholder farmers in Kenya

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie 2025  
This brief discusses the findings of an impact evaluation of innovative insurance-embedded credit for promoting resilience and livelihoods for smallholder farmers in Kenya through a market-based credit solution called Risk-Contingent Credit (RCC).

Low-cost approaches for creating informed demand for insurance

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie 2025  
This brief discusses the findings of a randomized controlled trial that tested the effectiveness of index-based livestock insurance and its impacts.

KhetScore: Impacts of Using Digital Technologies to Unlock Credit and Insurance for Marginal Farmers in Odisha

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie 2025  
This brief disscusses the findings of an impact evaluation of KhetScore, an innovative tool that employs digital technologies to unlock credit and insurance for small and marginal farmers in the state of Odisha, India.

Picture-based crop insurance: Using smartphone camera data for claims verification in India

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie 2025  
This brief discusses the findings of an impact evaluation of a picture-based crop insurance scheme that uses smartphone camera data for claims verification in India.

Empirical assessment of EBRD’s COVID-19 response package bolstered recipient bank’s lending activities by providing essential liquidity support

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie 2024  
The authors of this brief examine the effectiveness of emergency liquidity support for improving lending and performance-related outcomes for banks under the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).