Embedding Evaluation in the Swiss Federal Administration: Purpose, Institutional Design and Utilization

Evaluation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 388-409

  Widmer, Thomas ^a   Neuenschwander, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

evaluation purpose; evaluation utilization; institutional design; Swiss federal administration; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750687315     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389004050283     Document Type: Article

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