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Economics

Guides to Writing a Literature Review

Organizing your social sciences research paper: The literature review
From the libraries at the University of Southern California
Writing a literature review & using a synthesis matrix
From the libraries at Virginia Commonwealth University
How to Write About Economics and Public Policy
by Kateria Petchko. Read chapters 4 and 12 in particular.

Writing Policy Briefs

How to plan, write, and effectively communicate a policy brief
By Laura ffrench-Constant, from researchtoaction.org
Guidelines for writing a policy brief
By the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) Network Coordinating Team, in Manila, The Philippines.
Examples of policy briefs
From the Partnership for Economic Policy, an international non-profit organization working in developing countries.

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