Providing Policy Makers with Timely Advice : The Timeliness-Rigor Trade-off

Providing Policy Makers with Timely Advice : The Timeliness-Rigor Trade-off

Policy makers bemoan the lack of research findings to guide urgent decisions, whereas researchers' professional code puts rigor first. This article argues that provisional assessments, produced early in the research cycle, can bridge the gap....

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Main Authors:	Bell, Clive, Squire, Lyn
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	BASIC EDUCATION RESEARCH COMMUNITY TIME RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS NATURAL SCIENCES INFORMATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES RESEARCH RESULTS HEALTH INSURANCE PUBLIC SERVICES CAREER PAPERS POLICY DISCUSSIONS RESEARCHER CONTENT PUBLICATIONS EXPERIMENTATION PROFESSOR SOCIAL PROGRAMS MEASURES PROBABILITIES HIGH SCHOOLS OPEN ACCESS KNOWLEDGE PUBLIC POLICY DATA PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS TECHNIQUES SPACE EXPERIMENTS PROBABILITY DEMOCRACY OBSERVATION ARTICLES SCHOLARS CASES POLICY-MAKING PROCESS SCIENCES LEARNING RESEARCH SOCIAL SECURITY PUBLIC SPHERE STANDARDS PRIMARY SCHOOL POLICY DECISIONS ARTICLE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS RESPECT METHODS LARGE POPULATION PROGRESS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH INTERVIEWS PUBLIC OPINION WORKERS RESEARCH POLICY POLICIES DESCRIPTIONS EXPLORATION SCIENCE SCHOOLS VALIDITY POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER ORDERING POLICY MAKERS POLICY DIALOGUE RESEARCHERS LITERATURE EXPENDITURES SIZE QUALITY CONTROL RESEARCH PROJECTS POLICY EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION CASE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT RESEARCH OUTPUT EVALUATION INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE MIDWIVES RESEARCH FINDINGS POPULATION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITY PRACTITIONERS STANDARD POLICY ANALYST COMMUNICATION ESTIMATES POLICY RESEARCH METHODOLOGY SCHOOL ACADEMIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26089560/providing-policy-makers-timely-advice-timeliness-rigor-trade-off http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24153

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26089560/providing-policy-makers-timely-advice-timeliness-rigor-trade-off
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24153