Daniel Phillips

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Daniel was a former evaluation specialist in 3ie’s Synthesis and Reviews office in London and has co-authored systematic reviews in the fields of agriculture and education.

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Reflections on the impact of agricultural certification on well-being

Carlos Oya and colleagues recently published a systematic review of agricultural certification schemes that stands out for me as useful research for informing policy and programming. Why do I say…

On target? Why participant selection matters for development programmes

Many development programmes reach only a fraction of the people they aim to include. One reason for this is thatattritionerodes target group participation at various stages between programme…

Not all ‘systematic’ reviews are created equal

In a recent World Bank blog based on a paper, David Evans and Anna Popova argue that systematic reviews may not be reliable as an approach to synthesis of empirical literature. They reach this…