From policy lessons to policy actions: Motivation to take evaluation seriously

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 305-320

  Gordillo, Gustavo ^a   Andersson, Krister ^b  

^a Ud Nations Reg Off Latin Amer Ca   (Chile)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; POLICY ANALYSIS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POLICY;

EID: 7744224728     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.325     Document Type: Article

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