Recent Developments in Public Policy Research

This lecture is part of a UC Davis hybrid course on poverty and public policy taking place in 2016. The course is led by Professor of Economics Ann Huff Stevens, who is also Director of the Center for Poverty Research. #povertyresearch.

This video provides an overview of the three major areas of inquiry within the study of public policy — policy analysis, policy process, and policy evaluation — and shows how they fit together to help an analyst address policy problems. 0:00 Introduction 1:13 Three Major Areas of Policy Studies 2:58 Policy Analysis 7:34 Policy Process 11:34 Policy Evaluation 15:41 Summary and Conclusion This video was developed....

On March 1, 2018, CEGA and the World Bank’s Development Impact Evaluation initiative (DIME) held a one-day workshop at the Google Community Space in San Francisco to explore the role of machine learning in economic research and public policy. We examined how AI and related technologies are being applied to a broad array of challenges in global development—from predicting migration patterns and crop yields, to det....