Evaluation and the Policy Cycle
I have had a few assignments where I had to evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency, results and impacts of policies. Here is a nice visual that shows how Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is situated within the policy cycle.
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Image courtesy of the European Network for Rural Development