Literature review

Reviewing what’s already out there ‘ also known as doing a ‘literature review’ ‘ is the best way to start any research project. It avoids repeating what others have already done, saving time and money (and embarrassment). It will help you to clarify and justify the focus of your planned research. And it will show […]

This technical briefing provides a catalogue of existing systematic and literature reviews of humanitarian evidence syntheses. The exercise looked at syntheses conducted from 2009 onwards, and includes those which are still in progress. There were three main aims: to identify gaps in the humanitarian evidence base; to improve general knowledge and learning in the field […]