HM Treasury’s Magenta Book

The Magenta Book published in 2011 by HM Treasury provides guidance for evaluating policies and investments.

The document covers:

Part A (aimed at policy makers):

• Key issues in policy evaluation.
• Identifying the right evaluation for the policy.
• Building impact evaluation into policy design.
• Practical issues to consider when designing an evaluation.

Part B (aimed at analysts conducting evaluations)

• The stages of an evaluation.
• Setting out the evaluation framework.
• Data collection.
• Process evaluation.
• Empirical impact evaluation.

Drawing together and reporting evaluation evidence.