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Physical Geography
Scientists at University of Oxford detail research in physical geography
January 17th, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal Area, "In recent years, a number of governments have made moves towards evidenced-based policymaking justified by the assertions that scientific understanding makes for better-informed and more effective legislative and regulatory decisions." "Some of these governments have produced generic, almost step-by-step recipes, for the use of evidence in policymaking in the form of 'science-policy guidelines'. The usefulness of these somewhat linear procedures has not been assessed in the actual process of policymaking," wrote E. Lagace and colleagues, University of Oxford. The researchers...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-01-17)
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