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Comparative Policy Evaluation eBook Series

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  • Carrots, Sticks and Sermons

    Policy Instruments and Their Evaluation

    Edited by Marie‑Louise Bemelmans‑Videc, Ray C. Rist, Evert Vedung ...
    Series series Comparative Policy Evaluation
    The literature on policy strategies, instruments, and styles is impressive. Still, a complex variety of theoretical and conceptual approaches and analytical tools hamper a good overview. Carrots, Sticks, and Sermons proposes such a framework for the field and clearly shows how public policy instruments are classified, packaged, and chosen, while highlighting the role evaluation plays in the ... Read more

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  • Policy Analysis

    Concepts and Practice

    by David L. Weimer, Aidan R. Vining ...
    Often described as a public policy “bible,” Weimer and Vining remains the essential primer it ever was. Now in its sixth edition, Policy Analysis provides a strong conceptual foundation of the rationales for and the limitations to public policy. It offers practical advice about how to do policy analysis, but goes a bit deeper to demonstrate the application of advanced analytical techniques through ... Read more

    $150.00 USD

  • Democratic Policymaking

    An Analytic Approach

    by Charles Barrilleaux, Christopher Reenock, Mark Souva ...
    This introduction applies analytic models to policymaking challenges, equipping students with tools to evaluate core policymaking dilemmas. Students are introduced to the approaches of game theory, social choice theory, research design and causal inference. Key terms, along with current research, are highlighted to build an understanding of public policy study. Exercises and thought questions ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • The Tools of Government

    A Guide to the New Governance

    Edited by Lester M. Salamon ...
    The Tools of Government is the first professional guide to the principles and practices of public administration in an age when governments no longer provide many services--but arrange for others to do so. Characterized by extensive collaboration among levels of government and between government and the private sector, this new approach to solving public problems presents many new important issues ... Read more

    $59.39 USD

  • Environmental Sustainability: An Evaluation Of World Bank Group

    by World Bank ...
    This evaluation assesses the Bank Group's support for environmental sustainability in both the public and private sectors over the past 15 years. It identifies several crucial constraints that need to be addressed, perhaps most importantly insufficient government commitment to environmental goals and weak institutional capacity to deal with them. But constraints within the Bank Group, including ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Commercial Conflict Management and Dispute Resolution

    by Peter Fenn ...
    Commerce is inherently complex and the sums of money involved can be astronomical, so it is no surprise that conflicts and disputes are all too common. There are numerous techniques designed to resolve these problems, and this book summarizes the most important of these, as well as alternative dispute resolution methods. The reader seeking a deeper understanding of these procedures will also find ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Poverty Reduction Support Credits: An Evaluation Of World Bank Support

    by Kumar Anjali ...
    This evaluation examines the relevance and effectiveness of Poverty Reduction Support Credits (PRSCs), introduced by the Bank in early 2001 to support comprehensive growth, improve social conditions, and reduce poverty in IDA countries. PRSCs were intended to allow greater country-ownership, provide more predictable annual support, exhibit more flexible conditionality, and strengthen budget ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Regional Integration Manual

    Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

    Edited by Philippe De Lombaerde, Renato Flores, Lelio Iapadre, Michael Schulz ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Globalisation
    The Regional Integration Manual brings together different methods for monitoring and analysing regional integration processes in a systematic way. Employing a multi-disciplinary approach, it seeks to provide officials in regional organisations, researchers in think tanks, academics and students worldwide with an accessible set of both quantitative and qualitative tools, useful in their day-to-day ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Targeting Regional Economic Development

    Edited by Stephan J. Goetz, Steven Deller, Tom Harris ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Global Competition
    Targeting regional economic development (TRED) has a long and rich tradition among academic economists and in the world of economic development practitioners. This book builds on a series of workshops and papers organized by The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NERCRD) at the Pennsylvania State University and the Rural Policy Research Centre (RUPRI) at the University of Missouri. ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Performance Budgeting: Linking Funding and Results

    by Marc Robinson ...
    This book examines the theory and practice of performance budgeting, which aims to link the funding of government agencies to the results they deliver to improve the efficiency of public spending. In a combination of thematic studies and case studies, it clearly presents the diverse range of contemporary performance budgeting models and examines their effectiveness. Its coverage is truly ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • World Bank Financing of Education

    Lending, Learning and Development

    by Phillip W. Jones ...
    Based on detailed analysis of thousands of confidential World Bank documents, this book demonstrates that the World Bank lies at the centre of the major changes in global education of our time. It outlines the evolution of World Bank lending policies in education, and assesses the policy impact of the Bank's educational projects, looking at how it has:shaped the economic and social policies of ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Small Enterprises and Economic Development

    The Dynamics of Micro and Small Enterprises

    by Carl E. Liedholm, Donald C. Mead ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Development Economics
    Micro and small enterprises (MSEs) have been recognized as a major contemporary source of employment and income in a growing number of developing countries. Yet, relatively little is known about the characteristics and patterns of change in these enterprises. This volume examines the dynamics of MSEs in the development process. Drawing on a unique set of surveys conducted in twelve countries in ... Read more

    $64.99 USD