TY - JOUR
T1 - How to do a good systematic review of effects in international development
T2 - A tool kit
AU - Waddington, Hugh
AU - White, Howard
AU - Snilstveit, Birte
AU - Hombrados, Jorge Garcia
AU - Vojtkova, Martina
AU - Davies, Philip
AU - Bhavsar, Ami
AU - Eyers, John
AU - Koehlmoos, Tracey Perez
AU - Petticrew, Mark
AU - Valentine, Jeffrey C.
AU - Tugwell, Peter
N1 - Funding Information:
13. We have identified one guidelines document from the UK Medical Research Council (Craig
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - We provide a 'how to' guide to undertake systematic reviews of effects in international development, by which we mean, synthesis of literature relating to the effectiveness of particular development interventions. Our remit includes determining the review's questions and scope, literature search, critical appraisal, methods of synthesis including meta-analysis, and assessing the extent to which generalisable conclusions can be drawn using a theory-based approach. Our work draws on the experiences of the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation's (3ie's) systematic reviews programme.
AB - We provide a 'how to' guide to undertake systematic reviews of effects in international development, by which we mean, synthesis of literature relating to the effectiveness of particular development interventions. Our remit includes determining the review's questions and scope, literature search, critical appraisal, methods of synthesis including meta-analysis, and assessing the extent to which generalisable conclusions can be drawn using a theory-based approach. Our work draws on the experiences of the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation's (3ie's) systematic reviews programme.
KW - evidence-based policy
KW - impact evaluation
KW - meta-analysis
KW - randomised control trial
KW - systematic review
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84866691485&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/19439342.2012.711765
DO - 10.1080/19439342.2012.711765
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84866691485
SN - 1943-9342
VL - 4
SP - 359
EP - 387
JO - Journal of Development Effectiveness
JF - Journal of Development Effectiveness
IS - 3
ER -