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With a glossary of key terms in evaluation: p.102-114.

After living with the destitute beneficiaries of World Bank projects in Bolivia and Ecuador, the author discusses the rural and urban World Bank projects in Bolivia, Brazil, and Thailand and examines participant-observer evaluation methodology.

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