We provide a 'how to'guide to undertake systematic reviews of effects in international
development, by which we mean, synthesis of literature relating to the effectiveness of …

Background Lack of access to and use of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) cause 1.6
million deaths every year, of which 1.2 million are due to gastrointestinal illnesses like …

Respiratory tract infections and diarrhoea are the two biggest killers of children in low
income contexts. They are closely related to access to, and use of improved water, sanitation …

Abstract The Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011–2020, officially proclaimed by the UN
General Assembly in March 2010, sought to reduce morbidity and mortality due to road …

Abstract Background Road Traffic injuries (RTI) are among the top ten leading causes of
death in the world resulting in 1.35 million deaths every year, about 93% of which occur in …

This paper applies cost-efficiency analysis to an intervention that promotes behaviour
change for rural sanitation in Tanzania. The campaign targets a number of potential …

According to the Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP), an estimated 844 million people do not
use improved water sources and 2.3 billion lack access to even a basic sanitation service …

This paper contributes to the existing literature by demonstrating that the provision of
communal water supply can be effective in improving child health if the targeted population …

In 2014, 3ie organised a Festshrift to celebrate the contributions of Howard White, 3ie's
founding executive director, to development studies. In this introductory article, we provide a …

Although shared piped water supply systems are an increasingly popular way of providing
“improved water sources” in developing countries, little rigorous evidence exists on the …