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Summary

In March 2003 the Department commissioned OPM, the University of the West of England and the University of Cardiff to carry out an evaluation of Local Public Service Agreements (LPSAs). The evaluation is in two stages - a five month development phase (March 2003 - September 2003) and the main evaluation (October 2003 - 2007). During the development phase the evaluators explored the potential contribution of the Aspen Institute's 'Theories of Change' approach to the developing evaluation framework (Aspen Institute, 1995). This paper describes and discusses the 'Theories of Change' approach and identifies its utility to the LPSA evaluation. It also outlines the evaluation team's work to date in constructing a 'Theory of Change' for the LPSA.

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