Evaluating Interventions and Public Policies: Tools and Applications

This course focuses on the real-world application of evaluation methods in public policy, emphasizing how to design, implement, and use evaluations to improve programs and inform decision-making. Students learn how to formulate evaluation questions, build or analyze a theory of change, and design evaluations using appropriate methods, from experimental to observational approaches. The course explores the integration of quantitative and qualitative methods, implementation and process evaluation, cost analysis, and evaluation of complex interventions. Students apply these skills to develop a full evaluation proposal for a policy or program, grounded in cases from diverse settings.