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A brief exploration of the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service’s (IGEES) outputs and its role in Department of Children and Youth Affairs policymaking Cover

A brief exploration of the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service’s (IGEES) outputs and its role in Department of Children and Youth Affairs policymaking

By: Ciarán Madden  
Open Access
|Jun 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/admin-2020-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2449-9471 | Journal ISSN: 0001-8325
Language: English
Page range: 81 - 96
Published on: Jun 5, 2020
Published by: The Institute of Public Administration of Ireland
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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