Evidence-based or evidence-aware policy approaches are used in many different sectors (health, education, etc.). These … knowledge. After examining certain misunderstandings which arise in the international debate over evidence-based policy … approaches, this paper addresses two specific issues: (i) the problems of competing evidence for using knowledge in the design of …

demonstrate that theoretical advances on level and types of evidence (existence, causality, effectiveness) can help resolve these …, measure, understand) and linked to the debate on types of evidence. The analysis is illustrated by comparing evaluation …