Why do we care about evidence synthesis? An introduction to the special issue on systematic reviews

Journal of Development Effectiveness

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-358

  White, Howard ^a   Waddington, Hugh ^a  

^a London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

impact evaluation; systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84866656159     PISSN: 19439342     EISSN: 19439407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2012.711343     Document Type: Article

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