Reflections on conducting evaluations for rural development interventions in China

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Luo, Laura Pan ^a   Liu, Lin ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Culturally responsive evaluation; Participatory rural appraisal (PRA); Questionnaire interview; Rural China; Terms of reference (TOR)

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RURAL PLANNING;

CHINA; HAINAN;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84904458556     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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