Why does India account for more than half of all impact evaluations in South Asia? What does that reveal about who’s producing evidence in the region and where critical gaps remain? This is the latest entry in our blog series looking at the state of impact evaluation evidence in different regions, based on data from the Development Evidence Portal (DEP).

Glance at the news on any given day and it's clear that the world has a long way to go to achieve the 16th Sustainable Development Goal: "Peace, justice, [and] strong institutions." Conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East dominate headlines. A December Wall Street Journal article declares that "Africa Has Entered a New Era of War." The world must do more to stop conflict and help those affected by it, but what approaches are effective?