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Użyteczność jako kryterium ewaluacji polityk publicznych
Utility as a criterion of public policy evaluation

Author(s): Patrycja Antosz, Zuzanna Drożdżak, Weronika Felcis
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: utility; evidence-based policy; good governance

Summary/Abstract: In this article we will present the mistakes made both by ordering and executing side in understanding and defining the evaluation criterion of utility. We will discuss the problems with final use of this criterion in the Polish evaluation reports of EU Operational Programmes. The analysis will eventually show how important it is to understand ex post evaluation as measuring the adequacy of the program effects in targeting the needs of final users.

  • Issue Year: 17/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 23-35
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish