The participatory design of a performance oriented monitoring and evaluation system in an international development environment

This article illustrates the application of the impact monitoring and evaluation process for the design and development of a performance monitoring and evaluation framework in the context of human and institutional capacity development. This participative process facilitated stakeholder ownership in several areas including the design, development, and use of a new monitoring and evaluation system, as well their targeted results and accomplishments through the use of timely performance data gathered through ongoing monitoring and evaluation. The process produced a performance indicator map, a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation framework, and data collection templates to promote the development, implementation, and sustainability of the monitoring and evaluation system of a farmer's trade union in an African country.     

Designing centralized waiting lists for attachment to a primary care provider: Considerations from a logic analysis

Access to a regular primary care provider is essential to quality care. In Canada, where 15 % of patients are unattached (i.e., without a regular provider), centralized waiting lists (CWLs) help attach patients to a primary care provider (family physician or nurse practitioner). Previous studies reveal mechanisms needed for CWLs to work, but focus mostly on CWLs for specialized health care. We aim to better understand how to design CWLs for unattached patients in primary care.In this study, a logic analysis compares empirical evidence from a qualitative case study of CWLs for unattached patients in seven Canadian provinces to programme theory derived from a realist review on CWLs. Data is analyzed using context-intervention-mechanism-outcome configurations.Results identify mechanisms involved in three components of CWL design: patient registration, patient prioritization, and patient assignment to a provider for attachment. CWL programme theory is revised to integrate mechanisms specific to primary care, where patients, rather than referring providers, are responsible for registering on the CWL, where prioritization must consider a broad range of conditions and characteristics, and where long-term acceptability of attachment is important. The study provides new insight into mechanisms that enable CWLs for unattached patients to work.     

发展干预项目的有效性评估：功能定位与操作难题

发展干预项目的评估是确定发展目标、发展效率、干预影响以及可持续性同项目实施之间的相关性的过程。它至少包含两方面的现实功能,学术层面上,是回应当前知识界对于发展项目是否真正有效的学术争论的最直接手段;实践层面上,能够对特定发展项目的持续或中止进行合法化描述。发展干预是由多元因素长期共同作用下产生的改变,要展示其项目多大程度上推动了发展变迁,是一件十分困难的事情,其操作性难题主要包括：复杂社会系统中干预效果的归因偏差议题;阶段性影响与最终效果的关系平衡议题;普遍性与情景化的评估方法的采用偏向议题;项目评估的时间节点的动态选择议题。操作性难题归结成最重要的一点,其实就在于如何判断发展干预行动是否真正推动了减贫发展与社会变迁。     

Evaluation of Embedded Intelligent Real‐time Systems*

Over the past two decades, questions have surfaced about the effectiveness and contribution of intelligent systems to decision makers in a variety of settings. This paper focuses on the evaluation challenges associated with intelligent real‐time software systems that are embedded in larger host systems. With the proliferation of such systems in operational settings such as aerospace, medical, manufacturing, and transportation systems, increased attention to evaluations of such systems, and to resulting software safety, is warranted. This paper describes one such evaluation and proposes a set of evaluation criteria for embedded intelligent real‐time systems (EIRTS). Implications of the evaluation and the evaluation criteria are discussed.     

高校内部预算支出绩效评价指标体系的构建

实行预算支出绩效评价是市场经济条件下高校合理配置资源的客观需要,也是强化增收节支效果,杜绝无效与浪费,提高财务管理水平,推动学校各项事业可持续发展的必然要求。本文紧密结合高校实际,设计了切实合理、简便易行的高校内部预算支出绩效评价指标体系,对合理配置教育资源,提高资金使用效益进行了开创性的尝试。     

发展中国家非自愿移民政策评价与展望

从总体上看．目前发展中国家非自愿移民政策不能适应非自愿移民实践活动的需要,存在着缺乏正式的国家移民政策体系、系统全面的移民安置计划、权威的国家移民管理机构以及健全的工程效益分享机制和移民参与机制等问题。当前。发展中国家出现了改进非自愿移民政策体系的积极态势。并且在建立与完善政府移民管理机构．提高移民计划实施能力方面正在作出努力。同时非政府组织在推动非自愿移民政策重构方面也在发挥越来越大的作用。但由于在政治、经济、文化、法律等方面存在巨大差异。发展中国家在建立与完善非自愿移民政策体系．改进非自愿移民安置效果方面还有很长的路要走。     

An Empirical Investigation of Costs in Batching Decisions*

This paper examines the use of costs and cost functions to model lot‐sizing decisions in batch manufacturing. The cost functions used to model a wide variety of manufacturing systems are typically derived from average cost models of unconstrained inventory problems. The use of setups and average inventories as the basis for modeling the economics of a typical batch manufacturing cell is shown to be inadequate. An alternative physical model that focuses on lead times provides a model that more closely represents the underlying value of such a cell.     

中国住房市场政府干预的原理与效果评价

 本文首先在住房存量流量模型的基础上,对住房市场政府干预的政策目标和政策工具进行了理论刻画,然后联合应用干预分析模型和面板数据模型就2003年以来住房市场政府干预的主要政策组合对北京、上海、广州、深圳、天津和重庆6重点城市的作用效果进行了定量评价。结果表明：全国性政策工具对重点城市住房价格产生了显著的长短期干预效果,尤其是2005年和2006年国务院的两次综合干预以不同形式和力度抑制了房价增长;政府干预的有效性逐渐提升,但全国性政策工具对不同城市的作用力度有显著差异,表现为对二线城市房价的抑制作用明显高于一线城市;2004年土地交易制度改革可能是造成近年住房价格上升的主要政策因素之一。     

农村住户调查县级样本代表性评估方法研究

 全国农村住户调查县级样本在1984年抽选后几未改变,在全国农村住户新一轮样本轮换中对其代表性进行评估非常必要,因此研究开发县级样本代表性评估方法有重要意义。本文利用第二次全国农业普查和县市统计数据,以甘肃省为例,通过分析调查县样本特性、考察调查县的收入分布和地域分布,探索调查县农民收入水平对所在省农民收入水平代表性的评估与调查县调整方法。     

Perceived effectiveness and implementation of public relations measurement and evaluation tools among European providers and consumers of PR services

While the need for and lack of implementation of more sophisticated methods for measuring the impact of public relations efforts has been well documented in the U.S. and some other world regions, relatively little information exist about this practice in the European Union. Results from a survey of both consumers and providers of public relations in the EU shows that perceptions of effectiveness and actual use are not related for most advanced techniques of measurement and evaluation. These results demonstrate some potentially important differences between the perceptions of providers and consumers that may support practitioner observations regarding a lack of interest among clients in more accurate assessment of results from public relations activities.