A contribution to current debates in impact evaluation

Evaluation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-164

  White, Howard ^a  

^a London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

Attribution analysis; Contribution analysis; Counterfactuals; Development; Impact evaluation; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951056210     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389010361562     Document Type: Article

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