Methods of Evaluation

Most governments work through public policies. At any given point of time, the government has an option to include a policy or exclude the significance that it must have. For example, peace becomes a policy option for disputed government, and it exercises its control over aggression and gives its citizens the import of peace that they look forward to in their lives.

A government must be considered important if it uses the right policy option that benefits the nation, and the beneficiaries that the policy is targeted at. Public policies should be used to increase the welfare of the citizens. Most public policies that are with the government require scrutiny.  The best policy is chosen and implemented for the welfare of most sections of the citizenry. Public policies are devised with careful thought over the outcomes and how they work out in certain fixed time-period; the consequences that it has on the general populace and how it affects their welfare.

Public polices in a market economy must serve the economic needs of the work-force. It must be devised with attention towards the attainment of the goals towards which policies are directed. Public policies should focus on the economic needs that a developing economy has. Any new public policy must take into consideration the cost-effectiveness and benefits that it accrues. Impact assessment and cost-benefit analysis must be used by the government in developing economies, to evaluate public policies and how they affect the general population.

The affects that public policies have should be utilized to make accurate decisions thus public money is used with the highest efficiency. Public policies should use evaluation tools as the cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the outcome of public policies and how they affect the beneficiaries. The cost-benefit analysis must be used by developing economies, as India, to assess the choice of public policy.

The public policies in India must be evaluated carefully, and given ample time-period to be executed. The meticulous planning should be considered to come to terms with the efficacious nature of public policies and how they affect the population, in general, and the target beneficiaries. Public policies are most important tools that the government has in order to improve the living conditions of a society. Better public policies enhance the life-opportunities that citizens should have. Public policies should be given the attention in a developing economy.

Public policies are the most significant tools that the government has at its cautionary disposal. The improvement of living conditions and higher standard of living can be made fathomable in a developing economy, if the government uses appropriate public polices for the welfare of its citizens.  Public policies should be used to augment the standard of living of citizens; importance of public policies should not be abrogated and must be recognized as a tool for nation-building. Most nations that have prospered have used public polices for the welfare of their citizens.

Yuvraj Saharan

Capital Report