Is impact evaluation evaluation?

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-38

  Picciotto, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accountability; attribution; cost benefit analysis; experiments; learning; social research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892727932     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: 17439728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejdr.2013.44     Document Type: Note

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