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Cost-Inclusive Evaluation: Planning It, Doing It, Using It de Nadini Persaud

Cost-Inclusive Evaluation: Planning It, Doing It, Using It

Autor Nadini Persaud, Brian T. Yates
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 feb 2023

În lucrarea Cost-Inclusive Evaluation, autorii Nadini Persaud și Brian T. Yates propun o abordare interdisciplinară esențială, în care evaluarea programelor sociale nu mai este privită doar prin prisma rezultatelor calitative, ci este ancorată ferm în realitățile economice și contabile. Considerăm că această lucrare elimină barierele tehnice dintre economiști și evaluatori, integrând concepte din contabilitatea managerială și financiară direct în procesul de monitorizare a intervențiilor din sănătate, educație și asistență socială.

Reținem structura logică a volumului, care debutează cu necesitatea includerii costurilor, continuă cu adaptarea metodelor economice și se încheie cu un ghid practic pentru „omul de știință-manager”. Spre deosebire de Economic Evaluation in Education de Henry M. Levin, care se concentrează strict pe sectorul educațional, volumul de față oferă o arie de aplicabilitate mai largă și un limbaj mult mai accesibil pentru cei fără studii economice avansate. De asemenea, poate fi văzută ca o alternativă la Applied Methods of Cost-effectiveness Analysis in Healthcare pentru cursurile de politici publice sau management social, având avantajul că nu se limitează doar la sectorul medical, ci explorează și mecanismele contabile din spatele execuției bugetare.

Această lucrare reprezintă o evoluție firească în opera autorilor. Dacă în Nuts and Bolts of Research Methodology, Nadini Persaud punea bazele metodologice generale, aici ea specializează discursul spre eficiența resurselor. Volumul completează viziunea autorilor asupra sustenabilității, oferind instrumentele pragmatice necesare pentru a susține argumentele financiare în fața finanțatorilor și a decidenților politici. Tonul este riguros, dar didactic, fiecare capitol fiind susținut de întrebări pentru discuții și glosare terminologice.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781462551248
ISBN-10: 1462551246
Pagini: 278
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Guilford Publications
Colecția Guilford Press

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte profesioniștilor din sectorul public și ONG-uri care trebuie să justifice bugetele în fața finanțatorilor. Cititorul câștigă capacitatea de a calcula eficiența costurilor și beneficiile nete fără a fi expert în econometrie. Este un instrument esențial pentru a transforma o evaluare de impact dintr-o simplă descriere într-un argument economic imbatabil pentru continuarea sau extinderea unui proiect.

Despre autor

Nadini Persaud este o specialistă recunoscută în metodologie și evaluare, fiind preocupată de legătura dintre monitorizarea programelor și atingerea obiectivelor globale de dezvoltare. A contribuit semnificativ la literatura despre metodologia cercetării, fiind co-autoare a volumului Nuts and Bolts of Research Methodology. Brian T. Yates aduce o expertiză vastă în analiza cost-eficiență, fiind un promotor al integrării costurilor în evaluarea serviciilor umane. Împreună, cei doi autori reușesc să traducă concepte economice complexe într-un limbaj util practicianului modern, transformând managementul financiar într-o componentă intrinsecă a cercetării aplicate.

Descriere scurtă

Is a given treatment, intervention, or program worth it? How can a program do more or better with less? Evaluating the costs of a program can be the missing link between a superficial evaluation and one that will get changes made and funding delivered. In accessible language and without complex formulas, this book provides a roadmap for measuring program costs and outcomes and analyzing cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit, and cost-utility. Also explained are simplified ways to use economic appraisal methodologies--such as net present valuation, internal rate of return computation, and payback period determination--in a cost-inclusive evaluation. Instructive examples span a range of human services, education, and health care contexts. Other evaluator- and student-friendly features include helpful graphics, procedure steps, end-of-chapter discussion questions, a list of acronyms, and a glossary of key terms.

Notă biografică

Nadini Persaud, PhD, CPA, CGA, is a tenured Lecturer in Evaluation in the Department of Management Studies at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. She teaches primarily at the graduate level and has served as Coordinator of the Master of Science Program in Project Management and Evaluation. The recipient of a Fulbright scholarship, Dr. Persaud is an Advisory Council member for the Barbados Chapter of Chartered Professional Accountants Canada and a board member of Caribbean Evaluators International and the Faster Forward Fund. She also serves on several committees of the American Evaluation Association. Her research focuses on blending the tools of project management and accounting to improve the practice of professional evaluation. Dr. Persaud has published numerous journal articles and book chapters, as well as several books, and has presented over 20 conference papers on the importance of cost analysis in program evaluation.

Brian T. Yates, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Psychology at American University in Washington, DC. Working with colleagues in his Program Evaluation Research Lab (PERL) and other universities, Dr. Yates has applied his resources–activities–processes–outcomes analysis (RAPOA) model to measure and improve costs, cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit, and cost-utility of diverse health and human services and their accreditation processes. He has 100 publications, including many peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, a National Institute on Drug Abuse manual on cost-inclusive evaluation, and six books. At American University, Dr. Yates developed the Master's Program in General Psychology and served as Acting Chair of the Department of Psychology and as Associate Dean of Graduate Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences. He has served as board member and Treasurer of the American Evaluation Association.

Cuprins

Foreword, Michael Scriven
I. The Why, the Types, and the Tools of Cost-Inclusive Evaluation
1. Cost-Inclusive Evaluation
2. Types of Costs and Outcomes That Need to Be Considered in Cost-Inclusive Evaluations
3. Tools for Identifying and Measuring Costs and Outcomes and Other Issues for Consideration
II. Adapting Economic Methods to Enhance Cost-Inclusive Evaluation
4. Economic Appraisal Methodologies
5. Considerations When Using Economic Appraisal Methods
III. Adapting Concepts and Tools from Accounting to Improve Cost-Inclusive Evaluation
6. Financial Accounting Concepts and Tools
7. Cost and Management Accounting Concepts and Tools
IV. Cost-Inclusive Evaluation for the Scientist−Manager−Practitioner
8. Breaking Down Cost by Activity for Better Cost-Inclusive Evaluations
9. Completing the Model with Activity -> Process and Process -> Outcome Analyses
List of Acronyms
Glossary
References
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Authors

Recenzii

"In a time of heightened focus on results-driven managerial accountability, this book delves into program costs through a genuinely evaluative lens, strengthening evaluators' understanding of program outcomes and impacts. It takes examination of costs outside the exclusive domain of economists and accountants and explores cost types and dynamics that are seldom considered in decision making. In seemingly effortless prose, the authors provide a straightforward, user-friendly guide for novice to seasoned evaluators. The book elucidates the logic of cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis tools--and, most important, their usefulness in real-world evaluation endeavors."--Mita Marra, PhD, Department of Social Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Italy; Editor-in-Chief, Evaluation and Program Planning

"This is a great book for a graduate evaluation topics course or for practitioners who want to expand their capabilities. Easy to follow, the book takes the reader through the process of cost-inclusive evaluation step by step, as well as discusses the pitfalls.”--Kimberly A. Fredericks, PhD, Dean, School of Management, Russell Sage College

“This welcome contribution to the field sheds much-needed light on the importance of measuring a wide range of costs when undertaking evaluations. It presents useful tools that are grounded in key technical processes. Of special note, the authors do a wonderful job in presenting the information in an accessible manner that is anchored in multiple perspectives and in the complex social contexts in which programs operate. The authors’ honest account of the reality that evaluators face is refreshing. By avoiding a strict financialization approach, the book strikes a careful balance between the technical and the human-centered, which helps us move into a more nuanced understanding and practice of cost analysis in evaluation."--Ruby Dagher, PhD, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada-The book's presentation of actionable procedures and processes makes it a useful resource for practitioners and students alike….Instructors could use the content to encourage students to think about the roles for cost analysis as a part of larger analytical goals and could design a hypothetical cost analysis using the various methodological options presented throughout….This approachable cost evaluation reference complements existing texts on cost analysis in social sciences by offering novel perspectives and methods. One of this books' greatest strengths is its ability to define the key terms and concepts of cost analysis in understandable yet thorough ways. It covers the basics and introduces the reader to more complex situations and applications. Further, the authors manage the difficult task of keeping the topics interesting with useful examples and anecdotes….Cost-Inclusive Evaluation both communicates the value of cost analysis and provides concrete guidelines on how to incorporate cost analysis in evaluation. It has great potential to serve as a reference guide for experienced evaluators and as a textbook for evaluation students.--American Journal of Evaluation, 12/1/2023