Not in isolation: The necessity of systemic heuristic devices in all development practice

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 449-452

  Bell, Simon ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE; DEVELOPMENT STUDIES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SYSTEMS APPROACH;

EID: 0031448247     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-162X(199712)17:5<449::AID-PAD975>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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