Design and economic evaluation of policies and projects

lopes2155  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Design and economic evaluation of policies and projects
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h + 6.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Parienté William;
Language
French
Main themes
According to the specific projects studied in class, the course puts emphasis on : - the analysis of a situation that raises problems or where it is felt that socio-economic needs are not (well) statisfied : diagnostic of the situation, definition of priorities for policy, ex ante evaluation of the effects of these policies, definitions of relevant objectives that can be measured ; - implementation of the project and ongoing evaluation; - ex post evaluation of the effects of the policies ; - cost-benefit analysis.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 This course develops and applies tools that are useful to design, to implement ant to evaluate social and economic projects. Students have to master the tools in order to be able to apply them.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Faculty or entity
OPES


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Economic and Social Policy (shift schedule)