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Experimentalism and development evaluation: Will the bubble burst?

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Bridging the current divide of opinion about experimentalism would help protect an evaluation brand currently under threat in international evaluation circles. In order to help settle a lingering and unnecessary controversy, this opinion article describes the policy force field that triggered the recent surge of interest in experimental methods in development evaluation; digs up the historical and philosophical roots of the long-standing epistemological debate; outlines the value and boundaries of experimentalism; and speculates about its prospects in development evaluation.

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Evaluation

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Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications., 2012

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213-229p.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

1356-3890

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Volume 18 Number 2, April 2012 p. 213-229

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Economics
Development
Evaluation
Randomization

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