Evaluation in Canadas social services: Progress, rifts, and challenges

Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 101-121

  Sieppert, Jackie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 34250195029     PISSN: 08341516     EISSN: 00077720     Source Type: Journal    
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