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The Political Economy of Evaluation in Greece

Interdisciplinary Perspectives for an Inclusive and Forward-Looking Evaluation
Buch | Hardcover
XLIV, 494 Seiten
2024 | 2024
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-60720-2 (ISBN)
CHF 299,55 inkl. MwSt
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This contributed volume explores the relationships between politics, economics, and evaluation. With a special focus on Greece, it addresses how evaluations within different sectors impact policymaking and explains what this means for sustainable development.

Featuring interdisciplinary perspectives on economic policy evaluation for inclusive and future-forward public policy, the chapters rethink and reform evaluation to meet modern economic challenges.

The book outlines the concept and principles of resource allocation in evaluation, offering a framework for economic transformation. It highlights the role of evaluation in achieving sustainable development.

It provides a new way to measure the quality of public policy, governance, and economic policy.

Panagiotis E. Petrakis is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He also serves as Scientific Coordinator of Distance Education Training Programs. He is the author of numerous scientific articles and monographs and has extensive publications in recognized academic journals on economic development, entrepreneurship, and cultural background. He is the series editor for two Palgrave book series: "Futures of European Societies and Economies" and "The Political Economy of Greek Growth up to 2030."

Paraskevi Boufounou is Assistant Professor of Development Finance at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is the author of numerous articles. She was Chair of the Network of Evaluation Societies in Europe (NESE) from 2021 to 2023. Boufounou had a long career in the banking and financial services sector. She held top positions in private and public sector institutions both at executive and non-executive level, including the National Bank of Greece, the Commercial Bank of Greece, and their subsidiaries. She also served as Chair of the Board of Invest in Greece (the official Agency of Greece for attracting FDIs), as well as Advisor to various Ministries contributing to legislative reforms facilitating Greece's economic transformation and recovery during the crisis.

Pantelis C. Kostis is Assistant Professor of Economic Development at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He is the author of numerous scientific articles and monographs and has extensive publications in recognized academic journals on economic development and growth. He is a series editor for the Palgrave book series "The Future of European Societies and Economies." Kostis is also a senior associate editor for Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and International Journal of Sociology and Sustainable Development and has served as Guest Editor in several scientific journals.

Chapter 1: Navigating the New Era: Interdisciplinary Insights into Greece's Political Economy of Evaluation.- Part A. Policy Evaluation in Times of Change.- Chapter 2: Evaluation in the Polycrisis Epoche.- Chapter 3: The Key Horizontal Principles in the Evaluation Practice: From Necessity to Culture.- Chapter 4: Developing a Culture of Evaluation as a Prerequisite for Sustainable Economic Development.- Chapter 5: Scrutiny of legislation: securing effectiveness and legislative quality.- Chapter 6: Mainstreaming inclusive principles and strategic approaches in regulatory policy evaluation: The case of the EU and the Greek central government.- Chapter 7: How sustainable and inclusive is economic growth in Greece.- Chapter 8: Evaluation for people or with people? The role of participatory and empowering approaches to social inclusion.- Part B. Evaluating Policy Implementation During Economic Crises.- Chapter 9: Evaluating the Internal Devaluation Policies Implemented in Greece - Analytical Insights and Empirical Evidence.- Chapter 10.  A comparative evaluation of alternative methods for assessing corporate creative accounting in Greece: Empirical Evidence during the Financial Crisis.- Chapter 11: Evaluating factors that strengthened the informal economy in the global financial crisis: a case study in selected countries of the European Union.- Chapter 12: An Econometric Policy Evaluation of Fiscal Management in PIGS Economies.- Part C. Policy Evaluation of Specific Sectors and Policies.- Chapter 13: Inclination towards Applying Different Evaluation Approaches to Provide Inputs for Evidence-Based Policy Design.- Chapter 14: Evaluation as a Tool to Increase the Competitiveness and Economic Development of SMEs.- Chapter 15: Greek SMEs and Sustainable Development: An Evaluation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).- Chapter 16: The Link Between ESG, Corporate Governance and Stock Performance of European Financial Institutions.- Chapter 17:  Evaluation processes in all aspects of EKDDA's open innovation project.- Chapter 18: Evaluating Internal Audit's importance and value-added in Corporate Governance and Risk Management: An Empirical Investigation.- Chapter 19: Policy Recommendations for Greece to Provide Energy Independence.- Chapter 20: The political economy of redistribution of income support to Greek farms: the case of Greece's CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie The Political Economy of Greek Growth up to 2030
Zusatzinfo XLIV, 494 p. 26 illus., 18 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik
Schlagworte Corporate Governance • Economic Decision-Making • Economic policy evaluation • Entrepreneurship • Evaluation for policymakers • Global economic development • Innovation • Public Policy Evaluation • Social Inclusion • sustainable development • Sustainable Economic Development
ISBN-10 3-031-60720-1 / 3031607201
ISBN-13 978-3-031-60720-2 / 9783031607202
Zustand Neuware
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