POLICY EVALUATION: PROCESS AND PROBLEMS

Ms. Hardeep Kaur

Public evaluation plays an important role in the policy process. The evaluation consists of an assessment of the effectiveness of a policy in terms of stated goals of results. The objective of the evaluation is to measure the impact of policy on society. Policy evaluation occurs throughout the policy process. The Evaluation may resume the policy process in order to continue, modify or terminate existing policies. In democratic system policy formation and evaluation are very complex processes. The main objective of policy evaluation to provides reliable information about policy performance and also provides knowledge about policy problems. Evaluation helps in developing new information about policy effectiveness. It is a major political and administrative process. This paper attempts to understand the policy evaluation process and highlight the types of evaluation, criteria, the role of various agencies involved in the process. It also focuses on various problems of policy evaluation.

Keywords: Policy Evaluation, Modify, Termination and Effectiveness.