International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie): An update

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International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
(3ie) An update

• Howard White
• 3ie

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Overview

• 3ie created to enhance development effectiveness
  through evidence-based policy-making
• Founding group of agencies, Foundations and NGOs
• 3ie will fund studies that address enduring
  questions
• 3ie is operating under a hosting agreement with
  the Global Development Network, working out of
  its offices in Cairo and Delhi

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Our program

• Work plan is for a budget of US100 million in
  first five years, allowing 50-60 new studies each
  year.
• These studies are a combination of quick wins,
  large studies and evaluation design.

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Its happening

• Quality assurance services
• Website is live
• Databases are coming
• Calls for proposals
• Synthetic reviews (gone out)
• Proposal preparation grants (early December)
• Responsive window (early December)
• Open window (early December)
• Thematic (early February)

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Cairo conference

• AfrEA, NONIE and 3ie
• March 29 April 2
• 600 Participants
• Require funding for
• Bursaries
• Pre-conference workshops
• Speaker costs
• Support to sessions
• General conference budget