Contents: Introduction: Welfare, work and welfare-to-work in the UK, Andreas Cebulla and Robert Walker; The road to Britain‘s new deal, Andreas Cebulla; The use of evidence in designing the new deal , Andreas Cebulla; Workfare evaluations and meta-analysis, David Greenberg and Karl Ashworth; A description of US Welfare-to-work programmes, Karl Ashworth and David Greenberg; Determining what works and for how long, Robert Walker and David Greenberg; Looking over the fence: findings from UK and US programme reviews, Andreas Cebulla; Lessons for welfare policy and research, Andreas Cebulla and David Greenberg; Index.