Lapses, infidelities, and creative adaptations: Lessons from evaluation of a participatory market development approach in the Andes

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-41

  Horton, Douglas ^a   Rotondo, Emma ^b   Paz Ybarnegaray, Rodrigo ^a   Hareau, Guy ^c   Devaux, André ^d   Thiele, Graham ^c  

^a Independent Consultant ^*  (Bolivia)

^b PREVAL Network in Latin America   (Peru)

^c INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

^d International Potato Center   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Fidelity of implementation; Innovation; International development; Participation; Program theory

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLANNING PROCESS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COFFEE; CREATIVITY; DAIRY PRODUCT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MARKETING; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; POTATO; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOUTH AMERICA; YAM;

AGRICULTURE; COFFEE; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CREATIVITY; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIOSCOREA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MARKETING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANDES;

EID: 84876743990     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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