Multiple Paths to Effective National Evaluation Societies: Evidence From 37 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 519-544

  Holvoet, Nathalie ^a   Dewachter, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

accountability; national evaluation societies; networks; political openness; qualitative comparative analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886412368     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214013497083     Document Type: Article

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