Walking the talk: The need for a trial registry for development interventions

Journal of Development Effectiveness

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 502-519

  Rasmussen, Ole Dahl ^a,b   Malchow Møller, Nikolaj ^a   Andersen, Thomas Barnebeck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DanChurchAid ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

impact assessment; randomised control trials; trial registry

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; INNOVATION; MICROFINANCE; RESEARCH; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84864573186     PISSN: 19439342     EISSN: 19439407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2011.605160     Document Type: Article

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