| In a 90 minute Roundtable session, the first
rotation uses the first 45 minutes and the second rotation uses the last 45 minutes.
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| Roundtable Rotation I:
Conducting Cost-Efficient Evaluations That Produce Credible Results |
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Roundtable Presentation 256 to be held in the Sandstone Boardroom on Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
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Sponsored by the Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Nadini Persaud,
University of the West Indies,
npersaud07@yahoo.com or npersaud@uwichill.edu.bb
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| Dennis W Rudy,
Lakehouse Evaluation Inc,
drudy@lakehouse.org
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| Abstract:
Trying to conduct a rigorous evaluation amidst budget constraints is a common problem faced by most evaluators. Confronted with this challenge, many evaluators ignore cost analysis completely—a vital component of professional evaluation. This presentation will discuss how a shoestring budget can be used to produce a rigorous evaluation. First, Nadini Persaud will introduce a cost analysis checklist methodology that can be used by the evaluator to conduct a cost study when resources are not sufficient to hire a cost analysis expert. Next, Dennis Rudy will share with attendees successful strategies that he has utilized amidst budget constraints. The facilitators will then pose questions to the audience to generate dialogue so that attendees and the facilitators can learn from each other about successful strategies and personal experiences. This presentation is important to the evaluation profession because budgets determine the scope of an evaluation.
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| Roundtable Rotation II:
Evaluating Impact of Regional Policy: How do we Handle a Complex Evaluation Task? |
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Roundtable Presentation 256 to be held in the Sandstone Boardroom on Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
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Sponsored by the Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Håkan Gadd,
Institute for Swedish Growth Policy Studies,
hakan.gadd@itps.se
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| Jonas Månsson,
Institute for Swedish Growth Policy Studies,
jonas.mansson@itps.se
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| Abstract:
Regional policy is a area, where policy measures can target regions, firms and/ or individuals and often have an implicit built in expectation of spillover on other areas of policy. For example it is common that outcome variables for government support of firms is expected to both have an impact on unemployment (individual level) and regional economic growth (regional level). This creates a situation where different authorities running different types of measures, with partly the same goals. Therefore evaluators of regional policy have to deal with complex social systems, context factors, and several levels and systems. The purpose of the roundtable is to specifically discuss approaches and methods to identify strategies for evaluating the impact of regional policy and in general evaluating complex systems. As an introduction the Swedish institute for growth policy studies will present key points/problems from an ongoing study on goal attainment and impact of regional policy.
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