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some

extent effective.

An efficie

organisation does not necessarily

lead

to an effective policy. For example,

department may be paying promptly

the correct amounts of grants to all

eligible people but without having

the intended effect on their behaviour.

Efficiency measures may be used in

the examination of alternative policies

see whether the same effect could

achieved with less resources or

if more could be achieved with the

to

be

same resources.

Environment

in an evaluation assumptions are required

about the environment in which the

the

Evaluation

policy

economic

operates;

some

to relate

social or

environment,

others

to international

to technology or

relationships. A common error is to

assume

that the future will

continuation of present trends.

Assumptions).

be a

(See

Strictly the whole process of checking

afterwards how far policy objectives

have been achieved and how efficiently

and economically. Monitoring is usually an important part of policy evaluation,

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