Australia's indicator-based sustainability assessments and public policy

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 303-318

  Hezri, Adnan A ^a   Dovers, Stephen R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evidence based policy; Indicators; Sustainable development; Whole of government

Indexed keywords

EID: 69449105257     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2009.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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