Policy Evaluation|Monitoring &amp; Evaluation|Quantitative Analysis|Cost Benefit Analysis|Sustainability

Summary: The objective of this module is to introduce and critically assess methods and tools used by urban economic development policy makers and...

Economic Policy Evaluation Tools (DEVP0051)

Summary: The objective of this module is to introduce and critically assess methods and tools used by urban economic development policy makers and practitioners to evaluate policy choices, both before and after projects and policies have been approved. To this end, the course covers a range of common tools that draw on both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Students will build skills to understand the strengths and weaknesses of different methods, as well as to engage critically with ideas that shape the use of these tools in development literature and practice. Students will also have the opportunity to critically evaluate the quality of evaluations conducted and suggest improvements to the evaluation design, through the use of case studies. As such, the course includes sessions that introduce principles of quantitative data analysis – basic statistics, fundamentals of survey design, and regression analysis – needed to evaluate the quality of real-world impact evaluation case studies

Learning objectives:

Students will be confident in understanding the fundamentals of ex-ante and ex-post policy
evaluation tools, and the quantitative and qualitative methods that underpin both. More
specifically, students will understand:
• The rationale for policy evaluation.
• Trends in policy evaluation.
• Philosophical challenges of evaluation.
• Pragmatic challenges of evaluation.
• Available policy evaluation tools and their appropriateness in different contexts.
• Principles of sound quantitative evaluation tools (Sampling, inference, hypothesis
testing and spatial analysis).

 

PERIO PERIODONTOLOGY SCIENTIFIC SCIENTIFIC BASIS

This is a compuslory module for all students studying the MSc Periodontology (distance learning) programme.

The contents of this module will include (but are...