Evaluation of Public Policy

Public policies at the international level: programmes and interventions by States, supranational institutions, NGOs.
Elements of Evaluation Theory: intervention logic, control groups, the concept of counterfactual.
Methodological problems of policy evaluation: causality, endogeneity and selection bias. Design of experiments: experimental, quasi-experimental and non-experimental designs; validity of the conclusions of an experiment.
Measurement and indicators.
Impact estimation techniques.
Fieldwork.
Preparation of an evaluation report.
Case studies: social interventions, peacekeeping missions, trade embargoes, military interventions, development cooperation and aid programmes, economic and political reforms.