ABSENCE OF PROGRAM EVALUATION AS AN OBSTACLE TO EFFECTIVE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE POLICY - A CASE STUDY OF CHILD HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS

• NCJ Number: 15368
• Author(s): J S WHOLEY
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 22 pages
• Corporate Author: US Congress
• Sale Source: The Urban Institute
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINT FROM A JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE PUBLICATION THE ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURES - THE PPB SYSTEM

Annotation

A CASE STUDY OF ONE OF THE EARLY ATTEMPTS TO APPLY THE PLANNING-PROGRAMMING-BUDGETING (PPB) SYSTEM TO SOCIAL PROGRAMS.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR STATES THAT THE WHOLE STRUCTURE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S PLANNING-PROGRAMMING-BUDGETING SYSTEM SUFFERS FROM A CRUCIAL WEAKNESS, THE LACK OF A SYSTEM OF PROGRAM EVALUATION WHICH WOULD PROVIDE MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS RELATED TO PROGRAM OBJECTIVES. IN THE ABSENCE OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE EFFECTS OF PAST PROGRAMS, ANALYTICAL STUDIES WILL OFTEN FAIL TO INFLUENCE FEDERAL DECISIONMAKING, OR MAY SUCCEED IN HAVING SUCH INFLUENCE WHEN THEY SHOULDN'T. TO CORRECT THIS SITUATION, HE OFFERS SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF GOVERNMENT'S SOCIAL PROGRAMS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)