Ex Ante Evaluation and the Changing Public Audit Function: The Scenario Planning Approach

Evaluation

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 437-452

  Ling, Tom ^a  

^a National Audit Office   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accountability; public audit function; scenario thinking; uncertainty and risk; Value for Money auditing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248057752     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389003094005     Document Type: Article

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