Aid Effectiveness and Governance Reforms: Applying realist principles to a complex synthesis across varied cases

Evaluation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 249-268

  Betts, Julia ^a  

^a IOD PARC Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aid effectiveness; case study; complex synthesis; governance; realist

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880095990     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389013493840     Document Type: Article

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