1. Background 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, synthesize and quality assure evidence of what works, for whom, how, why and at what cost. 3ie is registered as a non-governmental organization in the United States. We have offices in New Delhi, London and Washington, DC.
We do so through evidence programs, production of public goods, professional services and support to institutional advancement initiatives. The evidence programs include impact evaluations, implementation research, replication studies, systematic reviews and evidence gap maps. Our work encompasses a wide range of topics, sectors and themes. Examples include health systems and services, nutrition and related social sector programs.
The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) commissioned the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) to create an Evidence Gap Map (EGM) that focuses on Private Sector Engagement (PSE) in development cooperation. This initiative is part of GIZ's and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development's (BMZ) broader mission to establish a robust monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system for their private sector partnership portfolio. The EGM aims to provide a systematic overview of available evidence, highlighting key gaps and guiding future research and policy decisions. It will inform the strategic direction of GIZ's PSE interventions, which promote development outcomes in partnership with the private sector.
2. Main responsibility and tasks The external review process provides anonymous peer review, helping to assure the quality of work. We define quality as technical rigour and policy and programme relevance. During this process, reviewers will draw attention to relevant literature and share expert perspectives on relevant contextual factors as part of assessing overall quality, including technical rigour and of the team’s use of mixed methods. 3ie recruits external reviewers for each project, who will provide feedback to help assure strong study design and provide methodological, sector and context expertise. We seek reviewers from (or familiar with) the country or region of the study. Experts will address potential changes in study design, report drafts and timeline over the course of the study, and suggest constructive ways forward in the face of roadblocks, ensuring the study is of high quality (rigour, content and reaching the right targeted audience/ stakeholders). They would apply sector and context expertise in reviewing evaluability and relevance of study questions; implementation, including risk assessments; and engagement with key actors to promote synthesis use.
We will expect the expert to review the deliverables before sharing it with the funder and provide comments on the technical and quality aspects. As a gauge of satisfaction with the deliverables, the reviewer will also provide his or her view about whether they are sufficient to share the output with the funder.
3. Payment and deliverables
3ie will remunerate the reviewer for up to 2 days reviewing key milestone products:
The study protocol
The final report (key project deliverable)
4. Conflict of interest policy
The external reviewer, while acting on behalf of or on commission by 3ie, must avoid conflicts of interest or the appearance thereof. Unless a waiver has been granted by the 3ie management secretariat, an otherwise qualified person cannot review and advise on a study if either of these conditions exist:
• The potential reviewer or his or her spouse, child, business partner or the organisation at which the potential reviewer is employed has an arrangement for future employment or compensation or is negotiating for employment with the applicant or grantee. • The organisation where the potential reviewer is an officer, director, trustee or partner has a financial interest in the outcome of the study or other interests that may affect the reviewer’s objective judgment 3ie expects the reviewer to recuse him- or herself from reviewing a specific study if it involves individuals with whom he or she has an individual relationship (such as being a close relative, current or former collaborator, or current or former thesis advisor) that may affect his or her objective judgement or give reasonable rise to the appearance of bias. 3ie reserves the right to disqualify any proposed reviewer for any reason it deems best serves the interests of the project.
5. Terms of Contract (Duration)
Duration: 10 months, from December 2024 - September 2025 The review work is expected to be concentrated in February and May/June. It will comprise of up to 2 working days in total, distributed through the planning (protocol) and dissemination stages of the research (final report).
1. Background 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, synthesize and quality assure evidence of what works, for whom, how, why and at what cost. 3ie is registered as a non-governmental organization in the United States. We have offices in New Delhi, London and Washington, DC.
We do so through evidence programs, production of public goods, professional services and support to institutional advancement initiatives. The evidence programs include impact evaluations, implementation research, replication studies, systematic reviews and evidence gap maps. Our work encompasses a wide range of topics, sectors and themes. Examples include health systems and services, nutrition and related social sector programs.
The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) commissioned the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) to create an Evidence Gap Map (EGM) that focuses on Private Sector Engagement (PSE) in development cooperation. This initiative is part of GIZ's and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development's (BMZ) broader mission to establish a robust monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system for their private sector partnership portfolio. The EGM aims to provide a systematic overview of available evidence, highlighting key gaps and guiding future research and policy decisions. It will inform the strategic direction of GIZ's PSE interventions, which promote development outcomes in partnership with the private sector.
2. Main responsibility and tasks The external review process provides anonymous peer review, helping to assure the quality of work. We define quality as technical rigour and policy and programme relevance. During this process, reviewers will draw attention to relevant literature and share expert perspectives on relevant contextual factors as part of assessing overall quality, including technical rigour and of the team’s use of mixed methods. 3ie recruits external reviewers for each project, who will provide feedback to help assure strong study design and provide methodological, sector and context expertise. We seek reviewers from (or familiar with) the country or region of the study. Experts will address potential changes in study design, report drafts and timeline over the course of the study, and suggest constructive ways forward in the face of roadblocks, ensuring the study is of high quality (rigour, content and reaching the right targeted audience/ stakeholders). They would apply sector and context expertise in reviewing evaluability and relevance of study questions; implementation, including risk assessments; and engagement with key actors to promote synthesis use.
We will expect the expert to review the deliverables before sharing it with the funder and provide comments on the technical and quality aspects. As a gauge of satisfaction with the deliverables, the reviewer will also provide his or her view about whether they are sufficient to share the output with the funder.
3. Payment and deliverables
3ie will remunerate the reviewer for up to 2 days reviewing key milestone products:
The study protocol
The final report (key project deliverable)
4. Conflict of interest policy
The external reviewer, while acting on behalf of or on commission by 3ie, must avoid conflicts of interest or the appearance thereof. Unless a waiver has been granted by the 3ie management secretariat, an otherwise qualified person cannot review and advise on a study if either of these conditions exist:
• The potential reviewer or his or her spouse, child, business partner or the organisation at which the potential reviewer is employed has an arrangement for future employment or compensation or is negotiating for employment with the applicant or grantee. • The organisation where the potential reviewer is an officer, director, trustee or partner has a financial interest in the outcome of the study or other interests that may affect the reviewer’s objective judgment 3ie expects the reviewer to recuse him- or herself from reviewing a specific study if it involves individuals with whom he or she has an individual relationship (such as being a close relative, current or former collaborator, or current or former thesis advisor) that may affect his or her objective judgement or give reasonable rise to the appearance of bias. 3ie reserves the right to disqualify any proposed reviewer for any reason it deems best serves the interests of the project.
5. Terms of Contract (Duration)
Duration: 10 months, from December 2024 - September 2025 The review work is expected to be concentrated in February and May/June. It will comprise of up to 2 working days in total, distributed through the planning (protocol) and dissemination stages of the research (final report).
