Efforts to improve public policy and programs through data practice: Experiences in 15 distressed American cities

Public Administration Review

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 386-399

  Weitzman, Beth C ^a,b   Silver, Diana ^a,c,d   Brazill, Caitlyn ^a,e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies ^*

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EID: 33745321708     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00596.x     Document Type: Article

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