Long Term Perspectives in Evaluation: Increasing Relevance and Utility (Comparative Policy Evaluation)

Synopsis

Long Term Perspectives in Evaluation is the first book to advocate the virtues of a long-term perspective for policy evaluation as well as to show how evaluations can take a longer time perspective than they usually do. To get there, it is necessary to understand the decision-making context of evaluations and study the obstacles and the resistance toward long-term perspectives – as knowledge of that will lay the ground for more effective advocacy. The book is divided into three parts: the first section examines different aspects of methodology and methods. In the next section, authors present case studies of long-term evaluations, examine their own experiences of such evaluations and discuss difficulties, challenges and lessons learned. Cases discussed include: education sector reforms in Sweden, local governance reforms in Denmark, policy interventions in Southern Italy and Brazil, and Paris Declaration Principles of aid effectiveness such as Swedish aid to Tanzania, Vietnam, Laos and Sri Lanka. Finally, the third section sees the authors turn to a set of contextual issues and concluding remarks.　 Bringing together a rich collection of insights and a renowned group of experts, Long Term Perspectives in Evaluation: Increasing Relevance and Utility, constitutes a significant landmark in the field.

Copyright:

2021

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

222 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000167931

Related ISBNs:

9781003058250, 9780367525156, 9780367525149, 9780367525149, 9780367525156

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

09/09/20

Copyrighted By:

Kim Forss, Ida Lindkvist, Mark McGillivray

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Politics and Government

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Kim Forss

Edited by:

Ida Lindkvist

Edited by:

Mark McGillivray