Making systematicreviews workfor internationaldevelopmentresearch

Publication language
English
Pages
4pp
Date published
01 Jan 2012
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Research methodology
Organisations
Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC)
Link
http://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/…

Key messages
¦ Using systematic review principles can help researchers
improve the rigour and breadth of literature reviews
¦ Conducting a full systematic review is a resource intensive
process and involves a number of practical challenges
¦ Systematic reviews should be viewed as a means to finding a
robust and sensible answer to a focused research question