Sowing Seeds of Change:

Informing Public Policy in the Economic Research Service of USDA

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Publication Year:1999

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John F. Geweke, James T. Bonnen, Andrew A. White, and Jeffrey J. Koshel, Editors; Panel to Study the Research Program of the Economic Research Service, National Research Council
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Every day economic decisions are made in the public and private sectors, based on limited information and analysis. The analysis and information needed for successful public policy has changed rapidly with the growth of the global economy, and so have ...
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Front Matter	i-xii
Executive Summary	1-12	(skim)
1 Overview	13-16	(skim)
2 Informed Public Economic Policy	17-31	(skim)
3 The Lessons of History	32-69	(skim)
4 Current Issues and Problems	70-90	(skim)
5 Evaluations as a Framework for Management	91-115	(skim)
6 Administration of Research, Information, and Policy Analysis	116-138	(skim)
7 Organization and Placement	139-146	(skim)
References	147-152	(skim)
Biographical Sketches	153-156	(skim)
Index	157-164	(skim)

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Every day economic decisions are made in the public and private sectors, based on limited information and analysis. The analysis and information needed for successful public policy has changed rapidly with the growth of the global economy, and so have the means for acquiring them. In the public sector, decision makers rely on information gathered within government agencies, as well as the work of academics and private firms.

Sowing the Seeds provides a case study of the need for analysis and information in support of public policy. It combines lessons learned from one of the first government agencies devoted primarily to this function with modern economic theory of organizations. The panel provides analysis and insight on:

How and why public economic policy evolves with technological advances.
The nature of information and analysis in support of economic policy produced in a government agency.
The characteristics of successful information and analysis programs.
Evaluating the work of a government agency providing information and analysis.
Effective administration and organization of research and information programs in a government agency.

Findings and recommendations in this volume will be of interest to managers and executives of research and consulting organizations in the public and private sectors, as well as to economists and policy makers.

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