The politics and consequences of including stakeholders in international development evaluation

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 345-361

  Cullen, Anne E ^a   Coryn, Chris L S ^a   Rugh, Jim ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

evaluation consequences; evaluation politics; international development evaluation; participatory evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960743716     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214010396076     Document Type: Article

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