The International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) promotes evidence-informed equitable, inclusive and sustainable development. We support the generation and effective use of high-quality evidence to inform decision-making and improve the lives of people living in poverty in low-and middle-income countries. We provide guidance and support to produce, synthesise and quality assure evidence of what works, for whom, how, why and at what cost. 3ie evidence gap map reports 3ie evidence gap maps are thematic collections of information about impact evaluations or systematic reviews that measure the effects of international development policies and programmes. The maps provide a visual display of completed and ongoing systematic reviews and impact evaluations in a sector or sub-sector, structured around a framework of interventions and outcomes. The evidence gap map reports provide all the supporting documentation for the maps, including the background information for the theme of the map, the methods and results, protocols, and the analysis of results. About this evidence gap map report This report provides the supporting documentation for the 3ie evidence gap map on the effect of transparency and accountability interventions in the extractive sector, developed as a part of a project funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

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This paper discusses the methodological, ethical and practical constraints relating to the use of big data for measuring and evaluating development outcomes. The paper presents the analysis of a systematic gap map developed by 3ie. The map included 437 studies, comprising impact evaluations, systematic reviews and big data measurement studies.

The International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) is an international grant-making nongovernment organisation promoting evidence-informed development policies and programmes. We are the global leader in funding and producing high-quality evidence of what works, how, why and at what cost. We believe that better and policy-relevant evidence will make development more effective and improve people's lives. 3ie working papers These papers cover a range of content. They may focus on current issues, debates and enduring challenges facing development policymakers and practitioners and the impact evaluation and systematic review communities. Policy-relevant papers draw on relevant findings from impact evaluations and systematic reviews funded by 3ie, as well as other rigorous evidence to offer insights, new analyses, findings and recommendations. Papers focusing on methods and technical guides also draw on similar sources to help advance understanding, design and use of rigorous and appropriate evaluations and reviews. 3ie also uses this series to publish lessons learned from 3ie grant-making. About this working paper This paper, 3ie evidence gap maps: a starting point for strategic evidence production and use provides a conceptual introduction to and demonstration of the evidence gap maps that 3ie produces and their various applications. It outlines the methods for conducting evidence gap maps, but does not go into detail. 3ie will also produce separate guidance about how to create an evidence gap map in 2017. Funding for this impact evaluation was provided by 3ie's donors, which include UK Aid, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. A complete listing of 3ie's donors is on the 3ie website.

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