Evaluation for the Real World: The Impact of Evidence in Policy Making

ISBN-13: 9781847429148 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 256 str.

Colin Palfrey; Ceri Phillips; Paul Thomas

Opis

This valuable book examines the development of evaluation and its impact on public policy by analysing evaluation frameworks and criteria which are available when evaluating public policies and services.

Spis treści

Evaluation in the political and academic worlds; What is meant by evaluation?; Designing evaluations; Selecting evaluation criteria; Developments in economic evaluation; The impact of evaluation on decision making; The future for evaluation; Concluding thoughts.