Evaluation of results and adaptation of EU Rural Development Programmes |
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| Affiliation: | 1. AgriFood Economics Centre, Lund University, P.O. Box 730, SE-22007 Lund, Sweden;2. AgriFood Economics Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 730, SE-22007 Lund, Sweden;1. Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain;2. Department of Life Sciences, UD Ecology, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain;1. Water Resource Management Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700, AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands;2. CEDLA (Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation), University of Amsterdam, Roetersstraat 33, 1018, WB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;3. Department of Geography, Planning and International Development, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 15629, 1001, NC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;1. Instituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Zonas Costeras, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46730 Grao de Gandia, Valencia, Spain;2. Departamento de Investigación e Innovación, AreaVerde MG Projects Madrid, 28050 Madrid, Spain;3. Departamento de Investigación Agroambiental, Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural, Agrario y Alimentario, 28800 Madrid, Spain;1. Procuraduría General de la Nación, Contraloría General de la República, y del Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural en equidad de género, desarrollo ambiental sostenible, política agraria y desarrollo rural, Bogotá, Colombia;2. FAO, CORPOICA, Bogotá, Colombia;3. Universidad Central, Bogotá, Colombia;4. Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá, Colombia;5. Universidad IMPAU, Bogotá, Colombia |
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| Abstract: | The EU Commission highlights evaluations as important for improving common policies. But do evaluations actually contribute? This paper examines whether this has been the case for the EU Rural Development Programmes (RDPs). We investigate 1) to what extent evaluations have influenced the design of national programmes and 2) if they have affected the Rural Development Regulation on which national programmes are based. Our main finding is that evaluations do not seem to affect future policy to any discernible degree. This is the case for both national programmes and the Regulation itself, which seems to have evolved in response to external pressures. Partly, this may be because evaluations tend to give vague or too general recommendations. Moreover, evaluations seldom apply counterfactual analysis, often because of a lack of data, implying that results may be methodologically questioned. Lastly, evaluations, and RDPs, are hard to locate and seldom translated from their native languages, impairing the possibilities of learning from the experiences of others. |
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| Keywords: | EU Rural development programme Evaluation |
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