Policies and Programmes to Address Disadvantage among Young People: Issues for Evaluation

Evaluation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 474-495

  Pitcher, Jane ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disadvantage; evaluation; local economic development; training; young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749147962     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13563890260620658     Document Type: Article

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