Policy Evaluation

Ray C. Rist

ISBN 10: 1852789468 / ISBN 13: 9781852789466

Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, GB, 1995

About this Item

For governments to be successful in achieving their objectives, they need to select the correct policy instruments. This volume addresses the role of policy instruments in achieving policy objectives.Policy Evaluation provides a systematic assessment of the impact that public policy evaluations have on the governance of democratic societies. This book emphasises the impacts of policy evaluations on the formulation, implementation and accountability functions of governments. At all three phases of the policy cycle, there is a need for coherent and systematic evaluation. This book demonstrates how such evaluations can be conducted and the opportunities for their subsequent utilization.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Policy Evaluation
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, GB
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1852789468
• ISBN 13: 9781852789466
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 17.78W x 4.45H x 25.4D centimeters 17.78 centimeters width by 4.45 centimeters height by 25.4 centimeters depth

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Synopsis

For governments to be successful in achieving their objectives, they need to select the correct policy instruments. This volume addresses the role of policy instruments in achieving policy objectives.

Policy Evaluation provides a systematic assessment of the impact that public policy evaluations have on the governance of democratic societies. This book emphasises the impacts of policy evaluations on the formulation, implementation and accountability functions of governments. At all three phases of the policy cycle, there is a need for coherent and systematic evaluation. This book demonstrates how such evaluations can be conducted and the opportunities for their subsequent utilization.

About the Author

Edited by Ray C. Rist, Operations Evaluation Department, The World Bank, Washington, DC, US