What is the impact of a policy brief? Results of an experiment in research dissemination

Journal of Development Effectiveness

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-63

  Masset, Edoardo ^a   Gaarder, Marie ^b   Beynon, Penelope ^a   Chapoy, Christelle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)   (Norway)

^c London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

communication; dissemination; policy brief; randomised trial; systematic review

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; LABORATORY METHOD; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84876457170     PISSN: 19439342     EISSN: 19439407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2012.759257     Document Type: Article

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