Australia's Progress Undefined: A Critical Review of Measures of Australia's Progress (MAP)

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-57

  Davidson, Kathryn ^a   Wilson, Lou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indicator systems; Measuring progress; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952809679     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2011.00712.x     Document Type: Article

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