impact evaluation for public management
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For a Safer Latin America: a New Perspect...
CAF's 2014 Economy and Development Report proposes a new approach to understand insecurity and violence from the analysis of the elements that make up a criminal event (individual in special circums...
our contribution
We seek to promote the use of impact measurements and social experimentation as a public management tool, and we encourage the learning process for both public policies and public management initiatives, independently of whether there is a CAF financial product associated to the project, with the goal of consolidating a deeper knowledge footprint that contributes with a decision making process increasingly based on evidence.
Science applied to the evaluation of public policies allows us to see what the real problems of society are, and if the solutions provided will help. Without empiric evidence, knowledge, and applied science, evaluations are not effective
29 de November de 2018
Impact assessment results are usually translated into public policy decisions. The "statistical power" is one of the items that helps ensure that such results actually reflect the assessed policy impact.
30 de October de 2018
A CAF initiative brings high-quality evidence to Latin American civil servants in an effort to include their input in public policy design.
03 de October de 2018
Peru, Argentina and Colombia lead the proposals from 13 countries in several areas that include education, healthcare, social inclusion, infrastructure, transportation and energy. To apply, it is only necessary to have a very clear evaluation q...
27 de September de 2018
CAF and SUTRAN organized a road safety workshop in Lima to define the best strategies to reduce speeding violations on Peruvian roads, and thus avoid the worst consequences of traffic accidents.
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