Horizontal evaluation: Fostering knowledge sharing and program improvement within a network

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 493-508

  Thiele, Graham ^a   Devaux, André ^a   Velasco, Claudio ^a   Horton, Douglas ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agricultural research and development; Capacity development; Innovation; Organizational learning; Participatory evaluation; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549016629     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214007308989     Document Type: Article

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