Methodological issues in the impact assessment of trade policy: Experience from the European Commission's Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) programme

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 325-334

  Kirkpatrick, Colin ^a   George, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic impacts; Integrated assessment; Policy appraisal; Social impacts; Sustainability appraisal; Trade

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN COMMISSION; POLICY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33846272203     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/147154606781765110     Document Type: Article

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