Evidence-based analysis and the work of policy shops
By: BHATTA, Gambhir
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ArticlePublisher: Oxford : Blackwell Publishers Limited, September 2002Australian Journal of Public Administration 61, 3, p. 98-105Abstract: The New Public Management (NPM) reforms brought about in the 1990s have substantially altered the environmental in which agencies mandated to provide policy advice to ministers do their work. Yet, cross-jurisdictional evidence tends to show that systems in place in these policy shops generally do not reflect the rigour that is needd to analyse and render quality policy advice. As one possible remedy, this paper suggests that use of rigorous evidence-based analysis (EBA) to inform the policy advice function be made an integral part of the policy shops' learning and information protocol. EBA is a useful tool in assisting the agencies to demonstrate their adherence to a quality assurance system
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The New Public Management (NPM) reforms brought about in the 1990s have substantially altered the environmental in which agencies mandated to provide policy advice to ministers do their work. Yet, cross-jurisdictional evidence tends to show that systems in place in these policy shops generally do not reflect the rigour that is needd to analyse and render quality policy advice. As one possible remedy, this paper suggests that use of rigorous evidence-based analysis (EBA) to inform the policy advice function be made an integral part of the policy shops' learning and information protocol. EBA is a useful tool in assisting the agencies to demonstrate their adherence to a quality assurance system
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