Policymaking – evidence generation process

Alternative influences

Policy based on opinion: untested views of individuals/ community on an issue

Policy based on individual considerations/ beliefs and

Pragmatic consideration: financial affordability and sustainability

Party commitments: election manifesto promises, party dependence

The above informants clearly show that evaluation evidence use is only one criterion for policymaking and rarely gives an uncontested solution to complex public problems. That being said, there is a growing body of evidence proving that evidence use and good governance can complement each other. Figure 3 represents the relationship between monitoring and evaluation evidence use and good governance: