This book provides a self-contained presentation of the statistical tools required for
evaluating public programs as advocated by many governments the World Bank the European
Union and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. After introducing the
methodological framework of program evaluation the first chapters are devoted to the
collection elementary description and multivariate analysis of data as well as the estimation
of welfare changes. The book then successively presents the tools of ex-ante methods (financial
analysis budget planning cost-benefit cost-effectiveness and multi-criteria evaluation) and
ex-post methods (benchmarking experimental and quasi-experimental evaluation). The
step-by-step approach and the systematic use of numerical illustrations equip readers to handle
the statistics of program evaluation.It not only offers practitioners from public
administrations consultancy firms and nongovernmental organizationsthe basic tools and
advanced techniques used in program assessment it is also suitable for executive management
training upper undergraduate and graduate courses as well as for self-study.
