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Better Obstetrics in Rural Nigeria: evaluating the Midwives Service Scheme

Better Obstetrics in Rural Nigeria: evaluating the Midwives Service Scheme

3ie Impact Evalution report 56

Edward Okeke, Peter Glick, Isa Sadeeq Abubakar, AV Chari, Emma Pitchforth, Josephine Exley, Usman Bashir, Claude Setodji, Kun Gu and Obinna Onwujekwe

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This evaluation measures the impact of the Midwives Service Scheme, a government programme introduced in 2009 to increase access to skilled obstetric care in underserved rural areas. The programme sought to alleviate supply constraints by deploying nearly 2,500 skilled midwives to 652 primary health facilities in rural communities. Researchers found that the programme’s effects were smaller than anticipated. There is suggestive, but not conclusive, evidence of a small increase in skilled birth attendance. This is confined to southern Nigeria, where there were fewer challenges with midwife retention.

Creating informed demand and impacts through innovative and cost-effective extension

Creating informed demand and impacts through innovative and cost-effective extension

Impact evaluation 3ie 2025  
The authors of this report summarize findings by using a randomized extensive treatment on clients’ understanding of index-based livestock insurance and its impacts.

Economic and empowerment impacts of millet processing and value-addition enterprises by women SHGs in tribal areas of Odisha, India (E²IMPART)

Economic and empowerment impacts of millet processing and value-addition enterprises by women SHGs in tribal areas of Odisha, India (E²IMPART)

Impact evaluation 3ie 2025  
The authors of this report present the findings on the economic and empowerment impacts of millet processing and value-addition enterprises by women SHGs in tribal areas of Odisha, India.

KhetScore: Impacts of using digital technologies to unlock credit and insurance for marginal farmers in Odisha

KhetScore: Impacts of using digital technologies to unlock credit and insurance for marginal farmers in Odisha

Impact evaluation 3ie 2025  
This report describes 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: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the impacts of using smartphone camera data for claims verification in India

Picture-based crop insurance: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the impacts of using smartphone camera data for claims verification in India

Impact evaluation 3ie 2025  
The authors of this report summarize the findings from an impact evaluation of a crop insurance scheme called picture-based crop insurance in the state of Haryana, India.

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The effects of providing paid formal work and training on women’s empowerment: Evidence from weavers’ collectives in India

Impact evaluation 3ie 2025  
This report presents the results of a process evaluation of interventions aimed at weaver communities in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana implemented by the Chitrika Foundation.

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  • DOI : 10.23846/ow41225

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