Program Evaluation Forms and Approaches (PRINT VERSION) http://biblioteca.cepal.org/record=b1252233~S0*spi Provides a conceptual and practical overview of the evaluation process in real-world educational, organizational, and social service settings. Using an issues-driven perspective, Owen helps students and practitioners compare and select from an array of evaluation approaches by providing an original conceptual framework for the major forms of evaluative inquiry
Regional problems and policies in Latin America (PRINT VERSION). http://biblioteca.cepal.org/record=b1251794~S0*spi. The book is in three main parts: a general overview of regional processes and trends in Latin America as a whole; country-level coverage of seven individual countries; and comparative analyses of common major problems such as migration, education, labor, poverty, decentralization, exports and foreign direct investments.
Program Evaluation & Performance Measurement: An Introduction to Practice (PRINT VERSION) http://biblioteca.cepal.org/record=b1252229~S0*spi Authors James C. McDavid, Irene Huse, and Laura R. L. Hawthorn guide readers through conducting quantitative and qualitative program evaluations, needs assessments, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses, as well as constructing, implementing and using performance measurement systems.
Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation (PRINT VERSION) http://biblioteca.cepal.org/record=b1252232~S0*spi The book is designed to enable students of public policy, policymakers and mangers to obtain useful information and conduct successful systematic evaluations, even under tight resource constraints. This text presents a wide variety of approaches to evaluation through brief, authoritative articles by top academics and practitioners.
Beyond Capitalist Planning (PRINT VERSION) http://biblioteca.cepal.org/record=b1252081~S0*spi This work is the first to engage international contributors from four key Western European countries on the questions of economic planning. It demonstrates that planning can at best only modify the composition and rate of development when this is dependent on private profit expectations and on private criteria for the production of goods and services.
Government at a Glance : Latin America and the Caribbean 2014 (EBOOK) http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/government-at-a-glance-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-2014_9789264209480-en This publication offers a dashboard of more than 30 indicators to help decision makers and citizens analyze and benchmark government performance both within the LAC region and compared to the OECD countries.
The Welfare Economics of Public Policy: A Practical Approach to Project and Policy Evaluation (PRINT VERSION) http://biblioteca.cepal.org/record=b1092040~S0*spi Provides a thorough treatment of economic welfare theory and develops a complete theoretical and empirical framework for applied project and policy evaluation. The authors illustrate how this theory can be used to develop policy analysis from both theory and estimation in a variety of areas.
Estrategia nacional para la igualdad y la erradicación de la pobreza: hacia el Ecuador del buen vivir (PRINT VERSION) http://biblioteca.eclac.org/record=b1252527~S0*spi Sintetiza un conjunto de lineamientos, políticas y directrices para orientar la acción pública con el propósito de erradicar la pobreza en el Ecuador, desde la comprensión en sus causas y por tanto desde una propuesta de transformación estructurak de la matriz socioeconómica imperante,
Risk Management in Projects (PRINT VERSION) http://biblioteca.cepal.org/record=b1252228~S0*spi Project managers in construction and civil engineering need to base their decisions on realistic information about risk and public perceptions of risk. This second edition of the original practical and straightforward text retains the easy-to-read format, but has been expanded to encompass the entire risk management process and to give a fuller presentation of how risk is generally perceived.
Basic Cost Benefit Analysis for Assessing Local Public Projects (PRINT VERSION) http://biblioteca.cepal.org/record=b1252230~S0*spi CBA is an attempt to fully account for all costs associated with a new proposal along with a detailed calculation of specific private and public benefits. Properly employed, CBA is simply a method for assessing a proposal prior to a collective decision by calculating net benefits relative to an alternative project or the default option of doing nothing.
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Applied Welfare Economics: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Projects and Policies (PRINT VERSION) http://biblioteca.cepal.org/record=b1252231~S0*spi This book offers a unique and original blend of theory, empirics and experience. The theoretical discussion clarifies why shadow prices are not virtual market equilibrium prices, as they arise as the solution of a planning problem, often with governments and economic agents constrained in their information and powers.
El Salvador productivo, educado y Seguro: El Plan Quinquenal de Desarrollo 2014-2019 (PRINT VERSION) http://biblioteca.cepal.org/record=b1252364~S0*spi El documento está estructurado en torno a las tres grandes prioridades que identificadas como país: empleo productivo generado a través de un modelo de crecimiento económico sostenido, educación con inclusión y equidad social, y seguridad ciudadana efectiva.
Costa Rica - Plan Nacional de Desarrollo 2015-2018 "Alberto Cañas Escalante" (PRINT VERSION) biblioteca.cepal.... El plan define las prioridades y metas del país para los siguientes tres años, junto con la visión hacia el 2030. Además, este plan se destaca por incorporar, por primera vez, una Agenda Nacional de Evaluaciones 2015-2018.
Strategic Management in the Public Sector (PRINT VERSION) http://biblioteca.eclac.org/record=b1252405~S0*spi Strategic management is widely seen as essential to the public services, leading to better performance and better outcomes for the public. In fact, the private sector idea of strategic management has become so powerful in the public sector that politicians and policy makers have begun to talk about the importance of the modern state being strategic.