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What Can We Learn from Impact Evaluations?

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  1. Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Robert Lensink

  2. Wageningen University, Social Sciences, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Robert Lensink

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Lensink, R. What Can We Learn from Impact Evaluations?. Eur J Dev Res 26, 12–17 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1057/ejdr.2013.43

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