Pragmatic Approaches to Evaluating SME Policies and Programmes
2016
Most countries, whether developed or developing, offer government-provided,
or government-subsidised, policies and programmes to assist SMEs. Evaluation
of policies and programmes can serve many purposes including: continuous
improvement; demonstrating value for money; quantifying tangible outcomes;
strengthening the case for continued funding; or helping recruitment of
enthusiastic participants, partners or sponsors. Evaluation of the benefits of
these policies and programmes is complicated by three common challenges: lack
of clearly defined objectives; difficulties linking cause and effect; and problems
deciding and resourcing the most suitable level of evaluation activities.
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