Making Evaluation More Responsive to Policy Needs

The Case of the Labour Market Development Agreements

Authors

  • Yves Gingras Employment and Social Development Canada
  • Tony Haddad Employment and Social Development Canada
  • Andy Handouyahia Employment and Social Development Canada
  • Georges Awad Employment and Social Development Canada
  • Stéphanie Roberge Employment and Social Development Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.31119

Keywords:

administrative data, capacity building, evaluation approach

Abstract

This note describes how Employment and Social Development Canada evaluation staff transformed the Labour Market Development Agreement (LMDA) evaluation process to make it more timely, cost-effective, and relevant for policy development. The note provides background on the LMDAs and discusses key drivers for changing the evaluation approach. In particular, it describes the benefits of using small targeted studies, rich administrative panel data, and building in-house evaluation capacity. It concludes with some lessons learned for the evaluation practice.

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Published

2017-10-21

How to Cite

Gingras, Y., Haddad, T., Handouyahia, A., Awad, G., & Roberge, S. (2017). Making Evaluation More Responsive to Policy Needs: The Case of the Labour Market Development Agreements. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 32(2), 244–253. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.31119

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 2 (2017): Fall

Section

Research and Practice Notes

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Copyright (c) 2017 Yves Gingras, Tony Haddad, Andy Handouyahia, Georges Awad, Stéphanie Roberge

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