Empowerment evaluation: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-198

  Fetterman, David ^a   Wandersman, Abraham ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Empowerment; Empowerment evaluation; Getting To Outcomes; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249035134     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214007301350     Document Type: Article

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