Feinstein, OsvaldoZapico-Goni, Eduardo2017-08-172017-08-172010-05978-1-60244-139-2https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27913This paper covers selective aspects of Spain's experience in evaluating government performance and public policies. Rather than a cohesive evaluation system, there is instead a constellation of organizations, with evaluation mandates and/or practices, which are not interrelated. These organizations and their respective practices have been evolving without coordination over the past three decades. An evaluation culture is slowly emerging, amid different conceptual approaches used by different organizations that are managing and/or conducting evaluations. Evaluation activity has been taking place in Spain for years, with a marked acceleration and qualitative shift since 2005. Despite Spain's standing as an Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) country as well as a European Union (EU) country, it still has not developed a consolidated evaluation system. This fact points out how long-term and complex is the task of institutionalizing an evaluation system. Finally, this paper contains several website addresses where readers can obtain additional information on aspects of the paper that most interest them and to follow the Spanish experience as it unfolds.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCOUNTABILITYACCOUNTABILITY FOR RESULTSACCOUNTINGALLOCATIONANNUAL BUDGETANNUAL BUDGETINGANNUAL DEFICITSANNUAL PLANSANNUAL REPORTAPPROPRIATIONSARTICLEAUDITINGAUDITORSBUDGET ALLOCATIONBUDGET COMMISSIONBUDGET DECISIONSBUDGET DISCUSSIONSBUDGET DOCUMENTSBUDGET PROCESSBUDGET PROPOSALSBUDGET REFORMBUDGET REFORMSBUDGET REQUESTSBUDGETARY DECISIONSBUDGETARY IMPLICATIONSBUDGETARY NEGOTIATIONSBUDGETARY POLICIESBUDGETARY PROCESSBUDGETARY PROGRAMSBUDGETARY RESOURCESBUDGETING PROCESSCAPCAPACITY BUILDINGCENTRAL GOVERNMENTCITIESCLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURECOMPETENCIESCORRUPTIONDECISION-MAKINGDECISION-MAKING PROCESSESECONOMIC POLICIESECONOMIC POLICYEDUCATION SYSTEMEMPLOYMENTENTITLEMENTSEVALUATION ACTIVITIESEVALUATION CANEVALUATION CAPACITYEVALUATION GUIDELINESEVALUATION METHODSEVALUATION PRACTICESEVALUATION RESULTSEVALUATION STANDARDSEVALUATORSEX-POST EVALUATIONEXAMINATIONSEXPENDITUREEXPENDITURE MANAGEMENTEXPENDITURE POLICIESEXPENDITURE POLICYEXPENDITURE PROGRAMEXPENDITURE PROGRAMSEXTERNAL ASSESSMENTEXTERNAL AUDITFINANCE MANAGEMENTFINANCIAL ACTIVITIESFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFISCAL POLICIESFISCAL POLICYFISCAL RULESFORECASTSGOOD GOVERNANCEGOVERNMENT BUDGETGOVERNMENT EXPENDITUREGOVERNMENT PERFORMANCEGOVERNMENT POLICIESHEALTH PROGRAMSHUMAN RESOURCESIMPACT ASSESSMENTIMPACT EVALUATIONIMPACT EVALUATIONSINTEGRATIONINTERNAL CONTROLINTERVENTIONSINTERVIEWSLEARNINGM&E SYSTEMSMETHODOLOGIESMETHODOLOGYMINISTRY OF CULTUREMINISTRY OF ECONOMYMINISTRY OF FINANCEMUNICIPALITIESMUSEUMSNATIONAL AGENCYNATIONAL BUDGETNATIONAL PARKSNATIONAL POLICIESNEGOTIATIONORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURESPERFORMANCE AUDITPERFORMANCE AUDITSPERFORMANCE BUDGETPERFORMANCE BUDGETINGPERFORMANCE CULTUREPERFORMANCE EVALUATIONPERFORMANCE INFORMATIONPERFORMANCE MANAGEMENTPERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTPERFORMANCE MEASURESPERFORMANCE REFORMSPERFORMANCE REPORTINGPERSONNEL EXPENDITURESPOLICY DECISIONSPOLICY FORMULATIONPOLICY INITIATIVESPRIVATE INSURANCEPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR INSTITUTIONSPROBABILITYPROGRAM ANALYSISPROGRAM EVALUATIONPROGRAMSPUBLIC ACCOUNTSPUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONPUBLIC BUDGETPUBLIC DEBTPUBLIC EDUCATIONPUBLIC ENTITIESPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC FINANCEPUBLIC INSTITUTIONSPUBLIC INTERVENTIONPUBLIC MANAGERSPUBLIC ORGANIZATIONSPUBLIC POLICIESPUBLIC RESOURCESPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SECTOR BUDGETPUBLIC SECTOR EFFICIENCYPUBLIC SECTORSPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC SERVICESQUALITATIVE TOOLSQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY CONTROLQUALITY MANAGEMENTQUALITY OF PUBLIC SERVICESQUALITY OF SERVICESREFORM PLANREFORM PROGRAMREGIONAL FUNDSREGIONAL GOVERNMENTREGIONAL GOVERNMENTSRESEARCH INSTITUTIONSRESEARCHERSRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRESOURCE ALLOCATIONSSCENARIOSCENARIOSSCIENCESSECTOR MINISTRIESSECTOR MINISTRYSECTOR POLICYSECTOR PROGRAMSSELF-ASSESSMENTSERVICE PROVIDERSSERVICE PROVISIONSERVICE QUALITYSOCIAL FUNDSSOCIAL POLICIESSOCIAL POLICYSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL SERVICESSTATE AGENCIESSTATE AGENCYSTATE BUDGETSTATED OBJECTIVESSTRUCTURAL POLICIESSUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTIONSSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTECHNOLOGY TRANSFERTOTAL PUBLIC SECTORTRANSPARENCYTRANSPARENT MANAGEMENTUNCERTAINTYVALIDITYWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/978-1-60244-139-2