Improving Public Services
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This volume spotlights recent advances in the worldwide use of quantitative performance measures in the public sector, especially approaches that incorporate program evaluation techniques. Chapters include single-country case studies, multi-country comparisons, and thoughtful essays on the challenges of making performance measurement and management work in diverse settings.

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This volume spotlights recent advances in the worldwide use of quantitative performance measures in the public sector, especially approaches that incorporate program evaluation techniques. Chapters include single-country case studies, multi-country comparisons, and thoughtful essays on the challenges of making performance measurement and management work in diverse settings.
Autorenporträt
Douglas J. Besharov, JD, is the Norman and Florence Brody Professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, where he teaches courses on poverty, welfare, children and families, policy analysis, program evaluation, and performance management. He is also a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, where he leads a program in international policy exchanges. In 2008, he was President of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) and is currently APPAM's International Conference Coordinator. Karen Baehler, PhD, is Scholar in Residence at the American University School of Public Affairs. Her research focuses on the theory and practice of policy analysis in social and environmental policy. She holds a PhD in Policy Sciences from the University of Maryland College Park. Jacob Alex Klerman, MA, is a Principal Associate and Senior Fellow with Abt Associates in Cambridge Massachusetts and the Editor of Evaluation Review. His research focuses on labor market policy, nutrition policy, and evaluation methods.