Theory-based Evaluation
Abstract
Theory-based evaluation was developed in response to the limitations of experimental and quasiexperimental approaches, which do not capture the mechanisms by which an intervention produces its impacts. This approach consists of opening the "black box" of public policy by breaking down the different stages of the causal chain linking the intervention to its final impacts. The hypotheses thus formulated on the mechanisms at play can then be tested empirically.
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