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Discusses governmental responsibilities and individual liberties,
ethical problems of moral judgement, and legal considerations in
defining and suppressing obscene material.
This book appears at an opportune time in the history of
evaluation. Its detailed and up-to-date account of the organization
and use of evaluation in eight Western, democratic
countries-Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Denmark,
Holland, Norway, and Switzerland-shows how evaluation functions at
different levels of development. Focusing on the national or
federal level of government, this volume presents a systematic and
comparative view of eight nations at different stages of the
development, institutionalization, and utilization of evaluations.
All of these original contributions have been written by academics
and government officials involved in the production and use of
evaluation findings. Each shows how their respective country has
moved to institutionalize evaluation at the federal level, and each
explores the reasons for that institutionalization. Among them are
managerial accountability, the increased complexity of the
decisions facing policymakers, federally sponsored social change
that needs to be tracked and assessed, and the increasing
recognition that political power comes to those who possess such
information. Program Evaluation and the Management of Government is
tightly integrated. The contributions share coherence, a common
analytic framework and use of key terms, resulting from the
authors' three-year dialogue as members of the Working Group on
Policy and Program Evaluation sponsored by the International
Institute for Administrative Sciences located in Belgium. Their
shared commitment to working together has given us the first
systematic effort to assess evaluation across such a large number
of countries. It will be of interest to applied social scientists
and policymakers, especially those interested in comparative
research.
This book seeks to reflect the changes that are under way within
the policy studies community. It presents varying analytic and
methodological strategies employed in the policy analysis field.
An effective state is essential to achieving socio-economic and
sustainable development. With the advent of globalization, there
are growing pressures on governments and organizations around the
world to be more responsive to the demands of internal and external
stakeholders for good governance, accountability and transparency,
greater development effectiveness, and delivery of tangible
results. Governments, parliaments, citizens, the private sector,
NGOs, civil society, international organizations and donors are
among the stakeholders interested in better performance. As demands
for greater accountability and real results have increased, there
is an attendant need for enhanced results-based monitoring and
evaluation of policies, programs, and projects. This Handbook
provides a comprehensive ten-step model that will help guide
development practitioners through the process of designing and
building a results-based monitoring and evaluation system. These
steps begin with a "Readiness Assessment" and take the practitioner
through the design, management, and more importantly, the
sustainability of such systems. Ten Steps to a Results-Based
Monitoring and Evaluation System describes each step in detail, the
tasks needed to complete each one, and the tools available to help
along the way.
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