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May 30, 2012
The Dawn of the Evidence-Based Budget
Could this be the coming of age of “evidence-based policy making”?
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February 1, 2012
Governing Magazine: The Cost-Benefit Imperative
A group of states is adapting a successful model to target scarce funds for the greatest return on investment.
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- Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative
Fact Sheet: Results First
The choices states make today about how to invest their limited resources will dramatically shape our nation’s future. more
Media Coverage
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Providence Business News: R.I. to Participate in Results First Initiative
Rhode Island has been selected as the 14th partner state in the Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative, a program that helps states assess the costs and benefits of fiscal policy options and make better decisions based on informed results, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee announced. more
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- Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative
Providence Journal: Gov. Chafee: R.I. Selected for 'Results First' Program of Data-Driven Policy Making
Rhode Island has been selected for the Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative, which helps states look at costs and benefits before making policy decisions. more
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- Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative
Guest Blog: 13 States Get on Board for Cutting-Edge Cost-Benefit Analysis
In an era of persistent budget deficits, at least a dozen states are moving to adapt and implement a cutting-edge tool for policy research and analysis, beginning with criminal justice policy and eventually expanding to other areas. States are under increasing pressure to ensure that scarce resources are invested in programs that yield the best results. In addition, many policy makers are looking for information that would allow them to target cuts more strategically, rather than making across-the-board reductions that treat effective and ineffective programs alike.
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- Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative
The Cost-Benefit Imperative
While the states' revenues are beginning to recover, almost all of them expect to have less to spend in 2012 than they had in 2008, before the Great Recession began exacting its toll. Cost/benefit analysis can play a key role in helping government leaders make better decisions on allocating limited tax dollars.
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