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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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How to communicate a null-results impact evaluation

Development programs aim to improve outcomes for poor and vulnerable populations, from better health and increased learning to higher productivity and incomes. Impact evaluations apply research tools to assess whether those intended outcomes were achieved because of the program.

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Insights from the Development Evidence Portal – the Middle East and North Africa

Insights from the Development Evidence Portal – the Middle East and North Africa

Our latest piece in the ‘state of the evidence’ series – which interprets data by unpacking the studies in our Development Evidence Portal (DEP) – focuses on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. . The DEP currently includes 740 impact evaluations (IE) and 352 systematic reviews (SR) from the region, which is the second smallest amongst regions containing low- and middle-income…

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11 June 2025
Abhinav Dubey
Abhinav Dubey
Rohan Shah
Rohan Shah +
 

Managing large-scale surveys: best practices for data collection preparation

Our team is evaluating India’s National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)—one of the world’s largest poverty alleviation programs. The study spans nine states of the country: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,…
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11 June 2025
Geetika Pandya
Geetika Pandya
Sanchi Lokhande
Sanchi Lokhande +
 

Reaching SDG 5: Breaking down gender barriers to build lasting solutions

Progress to achieve gender equality by 2030 – the 5th Sustainable Development Goal – has stalled. The pandemic set back gains that had been made toward equality, and gender disparities remain…
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11 June 2025
Brian Hutchinson
Brian Hutchinson +
 

Mind the Gap: Cost evidence in development impact evaluations

Cost-effectiveness evidence can guide decision-making by showing which interventions offer the highest value for money, critical in an era of diminished resources for development. But, despite…
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10 June 2025
Cem Yavuz
Cem Yavuz
Saranya Mohandas
Saranya Mohandas
Shannon Shisler
Shannon Shisler +
 

Updating the rigorous evidence base on food security interventions in humanitarian settings

In 2022, 3ie published an Evidence Gap Map (EGM) of impact evaluations and systematic reviews of emergency food security interventions. Since then, the need for our easily accessible evidence…
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06 June 2025
Maria Daniela Anda Leon
Maria Daniela Anda Leon
Tomasz
Tomasz Kozakiewicz
Andrea Floridi
Andrea Floridi
Megha Bhattacharyya
Megha Bhattacharyya
Anil Thota
Anil Thota
Shannon Shisler
Shannon Shisler 3+
 

El Niño’s grip on the Indo-Pacific: declining agricultural productivity and wider socio-economic consequences

As we approach mid-2025, it may be easy to forget last year’s record global weather anomalies associated with global warming and the recent El Niño event. This cyclical phenomenon occurs in the…
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