Original Articles - Appraisal and rural economics
Abstract
The paper aims at investigating some aspects of the evalutation process under the perspective of the problem solving approach. Firstly, the basic sketch of the evaluation process is summarized and it is pointed out its relationship with the institutional dimensions (Vat, 2009, 2004). Then the characteristics of the evaluation process as a problem-solving activity are presented and discussed in terms of identification of problem domain and problem types. Three proposition are then drawn from this framework a discussed. Preliminary conclusions are proposed.