Reducing world poverty by improving evaluation of development aid

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-214

  Clements, Paul ^a,b   Chianca, Thomaz ^a   Sasaki, Ryoh ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Political Science Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Development assistance; Evaluation bias; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 43849086790     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214008318657     Document Type: Article

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