Patrick G Grasso
Biographic Data
| ID | 4379082 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrick G Grasso |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrick G |
| FAMILY NAME | Grasso |
| SIGNATURE | GRASSO P G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Operations Evaluation Department, The World Bank, 1818 H St. NW, Room H3-303, Washington, DC 20433, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Ethics and Development Evaluation
Although the instrumental value of evaluating international development projects, programs, and policies long has been understood, its ethical dimension has not often been addressed. Yet on examination it is apparent that failure to carry out sound evaluation runs the risks of continuing to implement faulty development activities and underinvesting in more successful approaches. Such ‘‘mistakes’’ bring with them huge opportunity costs for develop…
What Makes an Evaluation Useful? Reflections from Experience in Large Organizations
Evaluation units found in large organizations confront a number of impediments to the use of their findings and recommendations. These derive from both the formal roles they play and their own operating styles and processes. Drawing on experience at the U.S. General Accounting Office and the World Bank, this paper suggests that to improve the usefulness—and use—of their work, such units need to pay careful attention to the multiplicity of audienc…
The Auditing of Public Policy and the Politics of Auditing
A purist conception of audit independence appears to be obsolete. A survey of audit activities of the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) and Israel's State Comptroller describes pressures on audit bodies to examine sensitive policy issues and to enter partisan and personal squabbles between elected officials. The critique of the GAO by the National Academy of Public Administration recommends that legislators refrain from asking the audit body t…
Meta-Evaluation of an Evaluation of Reader Focused Writing for the Veterans Benefits Administration
A Framework for Evaluating Housing and Community Development Partnership Projects
Population Deconcentration and Urban America
What Makes an Evaluation Useful? Reflections from Experience in Large Organizations
Evaluation units found in large organizations confront a number of impediments to the use of their findings and recommendations. These derive from both the formal roles they play and their own operating styles and processes. Drawing on experience at the U.S. General Accounting Office and the World Bank, this paper suggests that to improve the usefulness—and use—of their work, such units need to pay careful attention to the multiplicity of audienc…
The Auditing of Public Policy and the Politics of Auditing
A purist conception of audit independence appears to be obsolete. A survey of audit activities of the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) and Israel's State Comptroller describes pressures on audit bodies to examine sensitive policy issues and to enter partisan and personal squabbles between elected officials. The critique of the GAO by the National Academy of Public Administration recommends that legislators refrain from asking the audit body t…
Meta-Evaluation of an Evaluation of Reader Focused Writing for the Veterans Benefits Administration
Population Deconcentration and Urban America
A Framework for Evaluating Housing and Community Development Partnership Projects
Meta-Evaluation of an Evaluation of Reader Focused Writing for the Veterans Benefits Administration
The Auditing of Public Policy and the Politics of Auditing
A purist conception of audit independence appears to be obsolete. A survey of audit activities of the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) and Israel's State Comptroller describes pressures on audit bodies to examine sensitive policy issues and to enter partisan and personal squabbles between elected officials. The critique of the GAO by the National Academy of Public Administration recommends that legislators refrain from asking the audit body t…
What Makes an Evaluation Useful? Reflections from Experience in Large Organizations
Evaluation units found in large organizations confront a number of impediments to the use of their findings and recommendations. These derive from both the formal roles they play and their own operating styles and processes. Drawing on experience at the U.S. General Accounting Office and the World Bank, this paper suggests that to improve the usefulness—and use—of their work, such units need to pay careful attention to the multiplicity of audienc…
Ethics and Development Evaluation
Although the instrumental value of evaluating international development projects, programs, and policies long has been understood, its ethical dimension has not often been addressed. Yet on examination it is apparent that failure to carry out sound evaluation runs the risks of continuing to implement faulty development activities and underinvesting in more successful approaches. Such ‘‘mistakes’’ bring with them huge opportunity costs for develop…
Political science (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Administration (probate law (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Evaluation and Performance Assessment (2 works)