New development: What works now? Continuity and change in the use of evidence to improve public policy and service delivery

TY - JOUR

T1 - New development

T2 - What works now? Continuity and change in the use of evidence to improve public policy and service delivery

AU - Nutley, Sandra

AU - Boaz, Annette

AU - Davies, Huw

AU - Fraser, Alec

PY - 2019/5/19

Y1 - 2019/5/19

N2 - This article highlights 10 key strands of continuity and change in the use of evidence over the past two decades. Interest in evidence use continues, as do the many challenges encountered when seeking to deliver on this aspiration. There have been developments in ideas and actions, which foster some optimism that better use of varying forms of evidence can be encouraged. IMPACT: Speaking directly to policy-makers, funders, and users of evidence-based information, this article makes the case for ongoing, multi-actor activity to improve the use of evidence in public policy and service delivery. This involves ensuring definitions of good evidence are fit for purpose; developing inclusive processes that enable evidence to be integrated with other forms of knowledge and ways of knowing; doing more than improving the supply of evidence by building relationships and systems that support evidence use; ensuring sustainable funding models for evidence-use initiatives that have been shown to be effective.

AB - This article highlights 10 key strands of continuity and change in the use of evidence over the past two decades. Interest in evidence use continues, as do the many challenges encountered when seeking to deliver on this aspiration. There have been developments in ideas and actions, which foster some optimism that better use of varying forms of evidence can be encouraged. IMPACT: Speaking directly to policy-makers, funders, and users of evidence-based information, this article makes the case for ongoing, multi-actor activity to improve the use of evidence in public policy and service delivery. This involves ensuring definitions of good evidence are fit for purpose; developing inclusive processes that enable evidence to be integrated with other forms of knowledge and ways of knowing; doing more than improving the supply of evidence by building relationships and systems that support evidence use; ensuring sustainable funding models for evidence-use initiatives that have been shown to be effective.

KW - Evidence

KW - evidence use

KW - public policy

KW - service delivery

KW - what works

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065066016&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/09540962.2019.1598202

DO - 10.1080/09540962.2019.1598202

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85065066016

SN - 0954-0962

VL - 39

SP - 310

EP - 316

JO - PUBLIC MONEY AND MANAGEMENT

JF - PUBLIC MONEY AND MANAGEMENT

IS - 4

ER -