Building effective evaluation capacity
Subtitle: lessons from practice
By: Richard Boyle, Donald Lemaire, editors.
Contributors: Boyle, Richard, 1955-; Lemaire, Donald.
Series: Comparative policy analysis series
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Administrative agencies -- Evaluation.; Executive departments -- Evaluation.; Bureaucracy -- Evaluation.
Description: In the 1960s, policy and program evaluation was used to improve government programs and enhance monitoring. In the 1970s and 1980s, evaluation was redefined as a tool of accountability, via the budgetary process, to assess government performance against standards and objectives. Building Effective Evaluation Capacity draws upon three decades of experience and observation to derive prescriptive lessons.

A wealth of illustrative case studies of good practice highlight the book. Rather than proposing a single model for evaluation capacity development, this comparative approach allows readers to apply the findings to their own circumstances. Building Effective Evaluation Capacity will be of interest to public policy specialists, economists, and students of government and comparative politics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.