Auditing and evaluation: Bridging a gap, worlds to meet?

New Directions for Evaluation

Volumn 1996, Issue 71, 1996, Pages 51-60

  Leeuw, Frans L ^a,b  

^a Netherlands Court of Audit ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79958023100     PISSN: 10976736     EISSN: 1534875X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ev.1042     Document Type: Article

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