Problems in Policy

Evaluation
The most useful form of policy evaluation is systematic
evaluation that tries to determine cause-and-effect
relationships and rigorously measure the results of policy.
Measure Rigorously means to seek and to assess policy
impacts as carefully and objectively as possible.
Determining whether a policy is doing what it is supposed
to do, is not an easy task as a number of conditions
create obstacles or problems for effective
accomplishment of policy evaluation. These problems
include: - Uncertainty over policy goals - Difficulty in
Determining Causality - Diffuse Policy Impacts - Difficulty
in Data Acquisition - Official Resistance - A Limited Time
Perspective - Evaluation Lacks Influence