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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 5

SECTION 1: POLICY EVALUATION AND POLICY ANALYSIS .................................. 6

Practical Examples ..................................................................................................... 8

SECTION 2: THE CONTROL PROCESS IN PUBLIC POLICY IMPLEMENTATION .. 9

Practical Example: Employment Equity Act .............................................................. 11

3. Necessity for Public Policy Evaluation.................................................................. 12

3.1 Introduction to the Importance of Evaluation in Public Policy ............................. 12

3.2 Evaluation as a Mechanism for Managing Uncertainty and Complexity ............. 13

3.3 Evaluation as a Support for Decision-Making, Policy Adjustments and
Accountability ........................................................................................................... 14

3.4 Evaluation as a Tool for Clarifying Values, Redefining Objectives and Ensuring
Social Relevance ..................................................................................................... 14

3.5 Example: The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act (1996) and the
Consequences of Insufficient Evaluation Data ......................................................... 15

4. The Evaluation Process ....................................................................................... 16

4.1 Introduction to the Stages of Evaluation ............................................................. 16

4.2 Stage One: Determining the Decision-Makers’ Needs ....................................... 17

4.3 Stage Two: Designing the Evaluation Plan ......................................................... 17

4.4 Stage Three: Implementation – Data Collection, Synthesis and Analysis .......... 18

4.5 Stage Four: Reporting the Findings.................................................................... 18



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