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Evaluation of Agricultural Policies
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Abstract
The course focuses on agricultural eeconomic research with particular focus on policy evaluation. We impart insights in the issue of policy evaluation as part of agricultural economics research.
Objective
Focus: Policy Evaluation ------------------------------------------- The students are to... - have a critical look at different angles of agri-economic research - study scientific literature of the focus theme - consider strengths, weaknesses and the application of research approaches - apply knowledge gained from other courses with respect to the focus theme - get insights in agricultural economic research of the national research institutions by visiting Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon ART and the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) - be capable to conduct evaluations and critically reflect evaluation results
Content
Unit: Subject ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 01: Introduction in the issue of policy evaluation 02: Requirements of a scientific policy evaluation 03: Evaluation of public policies 04: Evaluation criteria 05: Nutzungszusammenhänge von Evaluationen, Arbeitsschritte 06: Evaluationdesigns, preparation 08 07: Synthesis, preparation 09 08: Agricultural Economics Research at ART 09: Agricultural Economics Research at FiBL 10: Examination, Feedback
Resources
Lecture Notes
Handouts (power point presentations)
Literature
1) Bussmann Werner, Klöti Ulrich und Knoepfel Peter, 2004 (Hrsg). Einführung in die Politikevaluation. Helbling&Lichtenhahn. In German language. Will be privided by the lectures in unit 01. 2) Vedung Evert, 2000. Public Policy and Program Evaluation. ISBN 0-7658-0687-8.
General Information
- Language
- German
- Levels
- MSC
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- graded semester performance
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| lecture with exercise | Evaluation of Agricultural Policies |
|
2 h weekly |