Narrative approaches to systematic review and synthesis of evidence for international development policy and practice

Journal of Development Effectiveness

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 409-429

  Snilstveit, Birte ^a,b   Oliver, Sandy ^c   Vojtkova, Martina ^a  

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

^b London International Development Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

development effectiveness; evidence based policy; narrative synthesis; qualitative synthesis; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866717816     PISSN: 19439342     EISSN: 19439407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2012.710641     Document Type: Article

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