International Atlas of EvaluationTransaction Publishers |
Contents
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Evaluation in Danish Governance | 29 |
Evaluation in Finland | 49 |
Evaluation in France | 65 |
Policy Evaluation in Germany Institutional Continuation and Sectoral Activation | 79 |
Evaluation in The Netherlands 19902000 Consolidation and Expansion | 95 |
Coordinated PluralismThe Swedish Case | 117 |
Policy and Program Evaluation in the United Kingdom A Reflective State? | 131 |
A TwoTiered Approach Evaluation Practice in the Republic of Ireland | 263 |
Evaluation in Italy An Inverted Sequence from Performance Management to Program Evaluation? | 275 |
Program Evaluation in Spain Taking Off at the Edge of the TwentyFirst Century? | 293 |
Project and Program Monitoring and Evaluation in Zimbabwe | 309 |
Fragmented Yet Widespread The Practice of Evaluation in Israel | 325 |
The Art of Policy Evaluation in Japan | 339 |
Evaluation in Switzerland Moving toward a Decentralized System | 375 |
Evaluation of Developmental Assistance Its Start Progress and Current Challenges | 393 |
The Australian Government Success with a Central Directive Approach | 159 |
Evaluation in the TwentyFirst Century Two Perspectives on the Canadian Experience | 177 |
Public Policy Evaluation in Korea In Search for New Direction | 193 |
Norway Toward a ResultsOriented Government Administration? | 211 |
The Rise and Fall and Rise Again? of the Evaluation Function in the US Government | 227 |
Evaluation Capacity Building in the Peoples Republic of China Trends and Prospects | 251 |
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