State of the art in impact assessment of policy-oriented international agricultural research

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-30

  Raitzer, David A ^a   Ryan, James G ^b  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b Standing Panel on Impact Assessment

Author keywords

Impact assessment; Policy influence; Research evaluation; Research use

Indexed keywords

EID: 39649112603     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426408783477882     Document Type: Article

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