Evaluation of Government Progrаms аnd Policies: Foreign Experience аnd Kаzаkhstаn

The paper analyzes the methodology and practice of evaluating public programs and policies of Kazakhstan and foreign countries. International experience has shown that the correct application of the system analysis and evaluation of the programs significantly increases the efficiency of public administration. Knowledge in this area deepens and specifies the presentation on ways of improving the economic and social efficiency of public administration. The urgency of the analysis and evaluation of programs has increased in the world in recent years, firstly, because of the tendency of international organizations to use in their activities in developing countries assessment mechanisms to monitor and obtain feedback from their programs with a view to adjusting and improving. The second factor of increasing demand for analysis and evaluation of the programs was the introduction of Performance-Based Budgeting in a number of countries in the world, which also involves the use of estimation procedures. Evaluation of programs and policies have long been part of the instruments of public administration in many countries, and is widely used in practice. State structures of the CIS countries is only beginning to develop this tool, faced with common challenges. Following issues should be noted among them: lack of understanding of the role of evaluation as a management tool and, and as a mechanism for the formation of civil society. As a consequence, there is a low demand for assessment from government agencies; lack of assessment organizations, the lack of training of qualified appraisers, poorly developed its own methodological framework, and even information isolation of results of evaluation studies, etc.