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Introduction Rohan Samarajiva

About LIRNEasia Our mission: “Catalyzing policy change through research to improve people’s lives in the emerging Asia Pacific by facilitating their use of hard and soft infrastructures through the use of knowledge, information and technology.“

Countries that we engage with

Systematic Reviews Use explicit methods to identify, select, and critically appraise relevant research and summarize data from those studies that are included in the review Biased towards quantitative to begin with, but now moving towards mixed methods and qualitative Originally from the field of medicine, now includes social sciences Use only primary studies Protocols are registered Peer review is mandatory and has teeth

LIRNEasia’s systematic reviews Initially entered the field in 2011 3ie funding and training  Mobiles & rural impact, discussed today Received IDRC funding in 2014 for reviews and capacity building 70+ researchers introduced to systematic reviews 40 researchers taught systematic reviews in depth 15 researchers engaged in systematic reviews 3 systematic reviews completed Effects of mobile financial services ICTs in the classroom Benefits of mobiles for SMEs, discussed today Currently working in partnership with DFID and PwC India to build further capacity in South Asia

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