Evaluating local implementation: An evidence-based approach

Wond, Tracey; Macaulay, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.polsoc.2010.03.008

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“…In addition, the success of such interventions is dictated by the feasibility of interventions and equitable access to such interventions. Consequently, policy and program evaluations are necessary to identify best and worst practices to inform policy makers and the public on what interventions have been effective, which ones have failed to achieve the original objectives [22], and what changes can be attributed to the introduction of a particular intervention program or policy [23]. However, such programs are rarely evaluated against their original aims and objectives.…”

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Assessing Socio-Economic Impacts of Agricultural Subsidies: A Case Study from Bhutan

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As an agrarian nation, Bhutan’s agricultural policies prioritize agricultural subsidies to boost agricultural production, rural incomes, improve food security, and reduce income poverty, especially among the rural poor. However, the effectiveness and efficiency of such policy interventions remains unknown. Based on semi-structured interviews with heads of households from six blocks representing two districts, expert consultation with agricultural policymakers and extension agents, we attempted to evaluate the socio-economic impacts of agricultural subsidy programs including co-payments. The study found that while over 90% of the households received at least one form of subsidy, except for agricultural machineries and piglets, the non-poor population has greater access to the subsidies compared to the poor. For instance, only 35% of the poor received seed and sapling subsidies compared to 52% seeds and 39% sapling subsidies received by the non-poor population. Furthermore, none of the poor received Jersey cow or biogas subsidies due to their inability to co-pay. Additionally, the agriculture machinery subsidy was found to be counterproductive to the lower income groups (<US$153.85) and beneficial to the higher income groups. However, 14.5% of the households who received a poultry subsidy experienced 3 times more income (at a mean income change of 634.31 US$) compared to those who did not, indicating that this subsidy has larger potential to improve income for the poor. To efficiently achieve the objectives of increasing rural income and reducing poverty, we recommend agricultural subsidy programs and projects be provided as a package to poor small holders, where inputs are given based on existing capacity, availability of technical support, and market accessibility.

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“…The question of how these policies affect those groups that are vulnerable to food insecurity, and thus its policy effectiveness, needs to be evaluated after a certain period of time to assess what changes can be attributed to the introduction of a particular intervention program or policy (Dunn 2004, Kumar 2005. Policy or program evaluations are also required to inform policymakers and the public on which public actions have been effective and which ones have not worked well in solving social problems (Babbie 2003, Wond andMacaulay 2010).…”

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Effect of Policy Interventions on Food Security in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Gebrehiwot¹,

Veen²

2011

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Following the design of a conservation-based agricultural development strategy and food security strategy, the Tigray government has implemented different pro-poor development programs over the past years to address the problems of food security. This study attempts to investigate the effectiveness of government policy interventions at different scales addressed to improve food security. Food security both at the regional and district level was investigated by deriving food balance sheets for the period 2000-2008. An empirical analysis based on a logit model was also employed to analyze household level food security status. The results of the logit model reveal that government policy interventions such as water harvesting schemes, employment generation schemes, and promotion of technology adoption significantly contribute to a higher likelihood of household food security status. The findings of the food balance sheet also indicate that the region has made some impressive development gains in improving regional food self-sufficiency, indicating the importance of government interventions in improving food security both at the household and regional level.

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“…(2) policy interventions have often evolved before summative evaluation findings are published (Weiss;1972;Wond and Macaulay, 2010).…”

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Evaluation for What Purpose? Findings From Two Stakeholder Groups

Wond

2018

Responsibility and Governance

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A host of reasons exist for the pursuit of evidence in the public sector, including to support good governance and policy development. As the expectations for program evaluation from policymakers have evolved, so too has evaluation practice and a great deal of experimentalism has ensued. There is a risk that these developments and the complexity inherent in them, may lead to conflicting expectations about why program evaluation is done, or even a loss of purpose. This prompts the meso-level analysis of two types of stakeholders in a governance network, explored in this chapter. This chapter presents the findings of an ongoing study which explores the perceptions of program evaluators and policy implementers towards the purpose of evidence. The findings suggest that program evaluators and policy implementers have divergent expectations of why and how evaluation data might be used. The findings suggest that program evaluators aspire to support change and enhance the policy domains they serve, whereas policy implementers perceive program evaluation as serving a more governance-/managementorientated role. The chapter demonstrates the complexity of both program evaluation and policy and may have implications for the twin pillars of governance and responsibility at the heart of the book. If governance and responsibility are the twin pillars of sustainability then the complex networks of relationships, expectations, values, and outcomes may need to be considered. The findings also have implications for evaluation commissioners and practitioners, demonstrating the need for the purpose and expectations of program evaluation to be agreed early. The use of program evaluation as a symbolic, aesthetic or structural mechanism also emerges, prompting opportunity for further research, for instance, to explore legitimacy and program evaluation.

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Evaluating local implementation: An evidence-based approach

Cited by 13 publications

References 14 publications

Assessing Socio-Economic Impacts of Agricultural Subsidies: A Case Study from Bhutan

Assessing Socio-Economic Impacts of Agricultural Subsidies: A Case Study from Bhutan

Effect of Policy Interventions on Food Security in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Evaluation for What Purpose? Findings From Two Stakeholder Groups

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