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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809206003321

Autore

Boily Marie-Helene

Titolo

Development evaluation in times of turbulence : dealing with crises that endanger our future / / Marie-Helene Boily, Frederic R. Martin, and Ray C. Rist

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , [2013]

ISBN

0-8213-9891-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (pages cm)

Altri autori (Persone)

RistRay C

BoilyMarie-Helene

MartinFrederic R

Disciplina

338.91

Soggetti

Economic development projects - Evaluation

Economic assistance - Evaluation

Economic policy

Crises - Political aspects

Crisies - Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The presence of turbulence in multiple areas of our society--food, fuel, and finances-being but three critical areas presently being impacted means that long-held assumptions are no longer true, that the past is not prologue, and that the future is not clear. And enter into this unstable present the discipline of evaluation-a discipline formed and shaped in the past fifty years of stability, little turbulence, and strong assumptions that everything will go according to plan. If things do not go well, it is because of either a poor theory of change on how to bring about positive outcomes, or we