Participatory Evaluation of Development Assistance: Dealing with Power and Facilitative Learning
This article addresses two issues: the theoretical strengthening of the participatory evaluation concept, and the strengths and weaknesses in practice of this approach. It demonstrates how participatory evaluation can be strengthened conceptually and theoretically if based on fourth-generation evalu...
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