Does evidence-based policy work? Learning from the UK experience

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Annette Boaz ESRC UK Centre for Evidence Based Policy & Practice, King’s College London, UK

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This article reviews what has happened to put into effect the commitment to more evidencebased policy and practice in the UK, by identifying the opportunities this has offered to the research community and reflecting on the ways in which researchers have responded. It identifies a number of issues that remain unresolved and offers an agenda for those who are committed to advancing the application of evidence to policy and practice in the UK and elsewhere.

Annette Boaz ESRC UK Centre for Evidence Based Policy & Practice, King’s College London, UK

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