The Bolivian Social Investment Fund: An analysis of baseline data for impact evaluation

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 457-482

  Pradhan, Menno ^a   Rawlings, Laura ^b   Ridder, Geert ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT; METHODOLOGY; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL POLICY;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 0032410955     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/12.3.457     Document Type: Article

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