Full Description
Evaluation in recent decades has evolved from a tool for project appraisals to a more widely used framework for public decision-making and operational management. Most evaluation books are focused on traditional tools of analysis such as cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis to the neglect of modern tools such as multi-criteria evaluation, social marginal cost of funds analysis, data envelopment analysis, results-oriented management and evaluation and theory based evaluations. This edited volume provides an easily accessible and comprehensive survey of both traditional and modern tools of analysis that are used in the evaluation literature to evaluate public projects, programs, policies and policy analysis and advice. The book will be of interest to students, scholars, researchers, practitioners and policy makers.
Contents
1. Introduction.- 2. A Primer on Public Sector Evaluations.- 3. Economic Evaluation of Projects.- 4. The Marginal Cost of Public Funds: Concept, Measurement and Applications.- 5. Theory-Based Evaluations: Guidelines for Case Studies in Program and Project Evaluation.- 6. A Framework for Evaluating Anti-Corruption Policies and Programs.- 7. Evaluating External Analytical Advice on Budgetary Institutions and Allocations.- 8. Inter-Sectoral Allocation Choices.- 9. Evaluation of Decentralization Programs.- 10. Evaluating the Conditionality of External Development Assistance Programs.
