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Table 3.

Characteristics of gray literature

Author (year)	Document type	Document title	Country	TB HBC	Income classification
Loveleen et al.⁶⁰	Report	An Assessment of the Social Protection Needs and Gaps for Workers in Informal Employment in Myanmar	Myanmar	No	LMIC
Mahadevia⁶¹	Working paper	Decent Work in Ahmedabad: An Integrated Approach	India	Yes	LMIC
World Bank⁶²	Report	The State of Social Safety Nets 2015	Tajikistan	Yes	LMIC
Spray⁶³	Report	Leveraging Social Protection Programs for Improved Nutrition: Compendium of Case Studies Prepared for the Global Forum on Nutrition Sensitive Social-Protection Programs	Democratic Republic of Congo	Yes	LMIC
WHO⁶⁴	Report	National Strategic Plan for Ending TB 2020–2024, Timor-Leste	Timor-Leste	Yes	LMIC
Nurova⁶⁵	Project report	Support for Tuberculosis Patients and Their Families Standard Project Report 2016	Tajikistan	Yes	LMIC
WFP⁶⁶	Report	Regional Bureau for Southern Africa	Lesotho	Yes	LMIC
			Madagascar	No	LIC
			Eswatini^*	No	LMIC
			Zambia	No	LMIC
WFP⁷⁴	Project report	Supporting Transition by Reducing Food Insecurity and Undernutrition Among the Most Vulnerable	Myanmar	No	LMIC
WFP⁶⁷	Project report	Standard Project Report 2015; World Food Programme in Congo	Democratic Republic of Congo	Yes	LMIC
WFP⁴¹	Project evaluation	Responding to Humanitarian Needs and Strengthening Resilience to Food Insecurity	Zimbabwe	Yes	LMIC
Foster⁶⁸	PhD thesis	Structure and Agency in the Economics of Public Policy for TB Control	South Africa	Yes	UMIC

HBC = high-burden country; LMIC = low- and middle-income countries; MIC = middle-income countries; TB = tuberculosis; UMIC = upper middle-income countries; WFP = World Food Programme.

In contrast with peer-reviewed publications included in this scoping review, gray literature lacks clear definitions of categories described in Table 2, reflecting data collected in peer-reviewed publications (author, study design, study outcomes).

Referred to in study as its previous name, Swaziland.