What are the methodologies that we should employ for designing and evaluating governmental policy, in light of the …-Being and Public Policy is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary treatment of this question, drawing from welfare economics, moral … philosophy, and psychology. It covers policy-assessment methodologies, both established and emerging, and reviews philosophical …

increasing gap of living standards between the poor and the rich, has provided a strong motivation for development policy to … change this situation. From its beginning, policy has aimed for stimulating economic growth in order to improve living …' by a more targeted policy that combines growth with a particular emphasis on improving the situation of the poor. This is …