Table 2

Description of the documents in the scoping study

Study	Year	Geographical area*	Field†	Method‡	Objective
CONCEPTUAL LITERATURE
Ehrmann and Lesnick62	1986	N/A	N/A	N/A	Describe the main aspects and best practice on PD in policy development.
Lavis et al20	2010	N/A	Health	N/A	Propose questions to guide the organisation and implementation of health policy dialogue.
Nabyonga-Orem et al12	2016	AFRO	Health	N/A	Take stock of the health policy dialogue in low-income African countries.
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
Ade et al42	2016	AFRO	Health	QUAL	Review the coordination of PD in the context of Ebola virus disease in Guinea, as perceived by the participants.
Boyko et al33	2016	HIC	Health	MIXED	Explore the characteristics and outcomes of a deliberative public health policy dialogue on family violence in Canada.
Damani et al34	2016	HIC	Health	MIXED	Review the contribution of PD to the development of an evidence-based policy on access to care in Canada.
Dovlo et al43	2016	AFRO	Health	QUAL	Explore PD in the development of three policies in Cape Verde, Mali and Chad.
Jagger et al44	2014	LMIC	Environment	QUAL	Understand how environmental protection policy dialogue at different levels (international, national, local) influences the development of national policies.
Kwamie and Nabyonga-Orem39	2016	AFRO	Health	QUAL	Understand how health policy dialogue can contribute to aligning stakeholders in Guinea and Chad.
Lavis et al35	2014	HIC	Health	QUANT	Evaluate three health policy dialogues in Canada.
Mwisongo et al46	2016	AFRO	Health	QUAL	Understand the power issues underlying PD in Chad, Cape Verde, Guinea, Liberia and Togo.
Nabyonga-Orem et al61	2016	AFRO	Health	QUAL	Examine what PD means for stakeholders in Cape Verde, Chad, Guinea, Togo and Liberia.
Nabyonga-Orem et al45	2016	AFRO	Health	QUAL	Understand how context influences health policy dialogue, including stakeholder participation in Liberia.
Scholten and Verbeek40	2015	EURO	Migration	QUAL	Understand how the politicisation of the issue of migration may influence the institutionalisation of related PD.
Uneke et al36	2015	AFRO	Health	QUANT	Evaluate PD for infectious disease control in Nigeria.
CASE STUDIES AND COMMENTS
Babu and Ergeneman38	2005	ASIA	Agriculture	N/A	Document the interaction between knowledge producers and decision-makers as part of agricultural policy dialogue in India.
Bangura81	1997	N/A	Development aid	N/A	Discuss PD and its implications with respect to gender equity and participation.
Baumann and White41	2014	EURO	Transport	N/A	Understand how and under what conditions a transport policy dialogue in Munich enabled stakeholders to overcome their disagreements.
Biswas72	2004	INT	Water	N/A	Discuss the progress of international discussions on water and how it has been influenced by the format of PD.
Daniel53	1985	LMIC	Development aid	N/A	Identify the relevance of PD to development aid and the conditions for it to succeed.
Dhunpath and Paterson47	2004	LMIC	Communication	N/A	Discuss the participation of researchers in PD on information and communication technology in Botswana, Namibia and Seychelles.
Drechsel et al37	2013	AFRO	Agriculture	N/A	Describe the process of irrigation policy dialogue in Ghana and capacity-building efforts for participation in this PD.
Goldsmith60	2016	ASIA	Agriculture/Development aid	N/A	Describe the agricultural policy dialogue in India and identify lessons learnt for development aid.
Molenaers51	2012	LMIC	Development aid	N/A	Discuss PD as a platform for negotiating budget support.
Susskind and Hoben48	2004	HIC	City	N/A	Discuss the obstacles and possible solutions for municipal PD.
White50	1990	AFRO	Development aid	N/A	Highlight the limitations of technocratic approach to PD in development aid.
GREY LITERATURE
AusAID54	2011	N/A	Development aid	N/A	Propose a theory of policy dialogue success.
Brown et al56	2012	ASIA	Social protection/Development aid	QUAL	Identify the factors behind the successful PD on social protection in Indonesia.
Brown et al55	2012	ASIA	Development aid	QUAL	Identify the factors behind the successful PD framework for cooperation on financial and economic reform in the Solomon Islands.
Canadian International Development Agency57	2002	N/A	Development aid	N/A	Identify lessons learnt on PD from the Canadian development aid agency.
Crouch49	1993	N/A	Development aid	N/A	Identify lessons learnt on PD to initiate a dialogue and drive forward reforms.
Jacob and Alvarado58	2011	N/A	Development aid	N/A	Assist development agencies in their support for PD on education.
Jones59	2011	N/A	Development aid	N/A	Facilitate development agency engagement in PD.
McCullough et al28	2011	N/A	Development aid	N/A	Suggest key elements to evaluate PD between donors and recipient countries.
The SURE Collaboration27	2011	N/A	N/A	N/A	Propose guidelines to organise deliberative PD.
Visser and Adey32	2007	N/A	Environment	N/A	Explain the relevance of PD launched by entrepreneurs to tackle climate challenges.

*N/A/AFRO/HIC/LMIC/ASIA/EURO/INT.
†N/A.
‡N/A/QUAL/QUANT/MIXED.
AFRO, country(ies) located in the African continent; ASIA, country(ies) located in the Asian continent; EURO, country(ies) located in the European continent; HIC, high-income country(ies); INT, multiple countries in different continents and with different incomes; LMIC, low-income and middle-income country(ies); MIXED, mixed study; N/A, not applicable; QUAL, qualitative study; QUANT, quantitative study.