Measuring Policy Success: Evaluating Public Sector Reform in Bhutan |
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Authors: | Lhawang Ugyel Janine O’Flynn |
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Affiliation: | 1. Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Acton, Canberra, ACT, Australia;2. Melbourne School of Government, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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Abstract: | There has been resurgence in evaluation of policy, reflected mostly by an increase in ex ante studies. Although there is a shift towards ex post evaluation, this has been gradual, resulting in a paucity of ex post evaluation literature. To address this gap, we apply a revisionist approach to evaluate a major public sector reform in the Bhutanese civil service. We conclude that it provides a more holistic approach for ex post evaluation policy, and also a more nuanced evaluation which moves us beyond the narrow binary view of success or failure in reform. |
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Keywords: | Policy evaluation public sector reform revisionist approach Bhutan |
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