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How 3ie is tackling the challenges of producing high-quality policy-relevant...
At its annual colloquium being held in Hyderabad, India, the Cochrane Collaboration is focusing on evidence on the global burden of disease of mostly treatable illnesses that are concentrated among...
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Myths about microcredit and meta-analysis
It is widely claimed that microcredit lifts people out of poverty and empowers women. But evidence to support such claims is often anecdotal. A typical microfinance organisation website paints a...
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Evidence gap maps: an innovative tool for seeing what we know and don’t know
Whether you are a research funder, decision maker or researcher, keeping up with the ever expanding evidence base is not easy. Over 2600 impact evaluations and 300 systematic reviews assessing the...
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Not all ‘systematic’ reviews are created equal
In a recent World Bank blog based on a paper, David Evans and Anna Popova argue that systematic reviews may not be reliable as an approach to synthesis of empirical literature. They reach this...
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Toward evidence-informed policies for achieving the Sustainable Development...
So, 2015 has arrived and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are to be replaced by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But shouldn’t we stop and ask how we have done on the MDGs first? “How...
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How synthesised evidence can help with meeting the Sustainable Development Goals
In early 2016, 193 governments across the world put together a to-do list that would intimidate even the most workaholic overachiever: wipe out poverty, fight inequality and tackle climate change over...
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If you want your study included in a systematic review, this is what you...
Impact evaluation evidence continues to accumulate, and policymakers need to understand the range of evidence, not just individual studies. Across all sectors of international development, systematic...
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Not missing the woods for the trees: mapping evidence gaps on land use and...
Forest protection is among the most effective approaches we have to mitigate climate change. At the same time, agricultural land and forests provide food, livelihoods and fuel for billions of people...
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How many scientific facts are there about science, technology, and innovation...
In a recent blog post, Ronda Zelezny-Green and Alexandra Tyers claim “now scientific fact: mobile money can lift women out of poverty”. The scientific fact they cite comes from a new study [gated]...
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Reflections on the impact of agricultural certification on well-being
Carlos Oya and colleagues recently published a systematic review of agricultural certification schemes that stands out for me as useful research for informing policy and programming. Why do I say that?...
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