ABSTRACT
Public policy assessments are dynamic and complex, given that many policies involve multiple actors, levels of government and different perspectives. This chapter is characterized as a proposal for a theoretical framework, aiming to build a comprehensive and integrated analysis of public policy assessments based on the relevant literature and, moreover, to understand and propose reflections about the current model regarding the relevance of investigative designs and outcomes for each of the types of assessment. The political cycle has become the most widely used structure for the ordering and systematization of research on public policies. The chapter explores the international tendencies surrounding the evolution of evaluation studies in order to relate these through the point of view of types, methodologies and outcomes.
