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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.91
• Soggetto topico: Economic development projects - Evaluation; Economic assistance - Evaluation; Economic policy; Crises - Political aspects; Crisies - Economic aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: RistRay C BoilyMarie-Helene MartinFrederic R
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Development evaluation in times of turbulence
• ISBN: 0-8213-9891-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462627303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II