Giuseppe Moro

The essay argues that evaluation can be a space for critical thinking that assumes criteria for judging public policies that are alternative to those present in neoliberal politics. In the history of evaluation, there are methodological orientations and theoretical reflections that look at the ability of evaluation to promote social justice by assuming judgment criteria that consider the interests of less privileged groups as priorities and look at the ability of the evaluated programs to promote the equal access to civil liberties, human rights and opportunities...

The paper is aimed to tackle the topic of evidence-based policies’ evaluation for vulnerable children and families. Specifically, the article reviews innovative programs helping children and families and analyzes distinctive features of outcome evaluation of interventions and services designed for family and age of development, highlighting opportunities and obstacles. Moreover, the authors suggest some evaluation strategies available in this area of research and propose some foundations (guiding principle) for directing planning of evaluation studies in family welfare area.