Resources for Policymakers

Research and Impact Evaluation Organizations 

Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)

Innovations for Poverty Action

Center for Effective Global Action       Supports activities at all stages of the innovation-research-policy impact cycle

Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development ( BREAD)               Professional association composed of leading researchers in development economics 

Development Impact Evaluation               Prototyping, scaling, Impact evaluations

3ie Evidence Portal                         Impact evaluations, systematic reviews, and evidence gap maps 

South Asian Gender Innovation Lab (World Bank)           Impact Evaluations and research on enhance gender equality and women’s economic empowerment 

Africa Gender Innovation Lab (World Bank)         Impact Evaluations and research on how to close gender gaps in earnings, productivity, assets, and agency in Africa

Links to Funding Opportunities at the Research Interface

Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF)

Coefficient Giving

Poverty Action Lab Initiatives

Innovations for Poverty Action

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Existing Scalable Programs

• Education: Tailoring instruction to students’ learning levels to increase learning

  • Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) scale-up story: [link]

• Environment, Energy, and Climate Change:

  • Growing evidence-informed climate policy: Five scaling stories from the King Climate Action Initiative (K-CAI): [link]

• Finance

  • Southeast Asia Inclusive Financial Innovation Initiative (IFII): [link]

  • Digital Identification and Finance Initiative in Africa (DigiFI Africa): [link] 

  • Teaching the Ultra-Poor to Improve Livelihoods: [link]

  • Strengthening Third-Party Audits to Reduce Pollution: [link]

• Gender: 

  • Gender Equity Curriculum, Evaluation summary: [link]

  • Gender-sensitive policing reforms (Women’s Help Desks): [link]

• Health:

  • Boosting Immunization Demand Evaluation Summary: [link]

  • Free bednets to fight malaria - E2P Case study: [link]

  • Deworming to increase school attendance - E2P case study: [link] 

  • Community chlorine dispensers for better health- E2P case study: [link]

  • Normalizing mask usage to combat Covid-19 - E2P case study: [link]

• Social Protection: Targeting the Ultra Poor

  • TUP Policy Insights - evidence synthesis from 20 studies in 16 countries: [link]

Existing review papers on evidence-based research by subject

• Agriculture:

  • Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative (ATAI) Framing Paper (2018)

  • Digital Agricultural Innovations and Services Initiative (DAISI) – Evidence for Digital and Bundled Services: Framing a Research Agenda for DAISI

  • Phone-based services

  • World Development Report 2008 on Agriculture for Development

• Education: 

  • Post Primary Education Review

  • World Development Report on Education

  • What Works Hub for Global Education

• Finance:

  • Microcredit

• Gender:

  • Literature review on enhancing women’s agency

  • Literature review on group-based approaches to empowering women

  • Toolkit on life skills for adolescent girls

• Governance:

  • Governance Initiative Review Paper

  • Decentralized Community-Driven Development

  • Evidence Wrap-up

• Health: 

  • Reviews studies of health-seeking behavior in low-income countries

  • Role of cash transfers in improving child health

  • Pay-for-performance

  • Biomass cook stoves

• Labour Markets and Markets: 

  • Vocational and skills training programs 

  • Skills for Youth Program Latin America Evidence Review  

  • Jobs and Opportunity Initiative Brazil Evidence Review 

  • Sectoral Employment Programs (North America Evidence Review)

  • Preparing for the Work of the Future (J-PAL North America Worker Prosperity Initiative Evidence Review)

  • Market Access

• Social Protection: 

  • SPI Evidence Review

Evidence-Based Charity and Policy Organizations

Evidence Action

Give Directly

IDinsight

TamTam-Together Against Malaria

Other evidence-based charities recommended by GiveWell