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"Welcome Evalsed is an online resource providing guidance on the evaluation of socio-economic development. It promotes exchange of experience and good practice as well as increasing the relevance of evaluation in decision-making. Whilst the resource has a specific focus on evaluation in EU cohesion policy, it is also relevant to the evaluation of other socio-economic development tools. Evalsed is currently under development. In the policy debate, there is an ever increasing focus on the need for evidence on the performance of cohesion policy.  Policy makers need to know "what works?" and "why?".  The experiences of ongoing evaluation for 2007-2013 and the thematic ex post evaluation of the 2000-2006 period also demonstrate the greater potential for evaluations of themes or interventions to deliver credible results. Evalsed has traditionally focused on programme evaluations. Following these recent evaluation experiences and discussions at the Warsaw conference on evaluation methods [http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/conferences/evaluation2009/index_en.htm], Evalsed will be redeveloped. Evalsed consists of two parts: THE GUIDE and three SOURCEBOOKS."

"An introduction illustrates the two conceptually distinct sets of questions behind impact evaluation.  The first set of questions is devoted to establishing whether a given intervention produces the desired effects on some dimension of interest.  The key question here: "does it make a difference?" This is answered by identifying and estimating causal effects through counterfactual methods.  The second set of questions is primarily devoted to understand why an intervention produces intended and unintended effects, for whom and in which context. The key question here: "why and when does it work?". This is answered by identifying the theory of change behind the program and assessing its success by comparing theory with actual implementation."

In connection with the completion of the 2010-2011 budget for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the General Assembly has expressed its intention to pass legislation imposing a severance tax on the extraction of natural gas. The structure and rate of the t

B0531-GL - Global Oil & Gas Exploration & Production - Global Industry Report About This Report Published Date:     21 Feb 2012 Report Content: 38 pages Code Code: B0531-GL Forecast to: 2018 Next Expected Publish Date: August 2012 Major Players Referenced:  Saudi Arabian Oil Company  National Iranian Oil Company  Exxon Mobil Corporation  PetroChina Company Limited  Petroleos Mexicanos  Royal Dutch Shell plc  The British Petroleum Company p.l.c. INDUSTRY DEFINITION Firms in this industry explore for, develop and operate oil and gas fields. This industry includes the production of crude petroleum, the mining and extraction of oil from oil shale and oil sands, the production of natural gas, sulfur recovery from natural gas and the recovery of hydrocarbon liquids.

IBISWorld Industry Report 21111 Oil Drilling & Gas Extraction in the USDecember 2011  |  Justin Molavi Natural growth: Natural gas is set for a boom as oil maintains volatile trajectory IBISWorld Code: 21111 NAICS 2002 Code: 21111 NAICS 2007 Code: 21111 Forecast to: 2016 Next Expected Publish Date: April 2012 Major Players Referenced:  Chevron Corp  ConocoPhillips  BP PLC  Royal Dutch/Shell Group  Exxon Mobil Corporation Industry Definition Firms in this industry operate and develop oil and gas field properties. Activities include: the exploration and production of crude petroleum; the mining and extraction of oil from oil shale and oil sands; the exploration and production of natural gas; sulfur recovery from natural gas; and recovery of hydrocarbon liquids. Firms may operate oil and gas wells on their own account or for others on a contract or fee basis.

Video of Timothy J. Considine, Ph.D. of Natural Resource Economics and author of a new study on natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale region, explains how a Pennsylvania severance tax could reduce capital inflows for developing natural gas product

IBISWorld Business Environment Report World price of natural gas in the US November 2011   Estimated Value in 2011: $7.99 per thousand cubic feet 2006-2011 Compound Growth: 3.7% Forecast Value for 2016: $9.14 per thousand cubic feet 2011-2016 Compound Growth: 2.7% The world price of natural gas is represented annually by the equally weighted monthly averages of the Russian natural gas border price in Germany, the Indonesian liquefied natural gas price in Japan and the natural gas spot price at the Henry Hub in Louisiana. Data is sourced from the International Monetary Fund.

The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania said Monday it was recommending the adoption of a severance tax on natural gas extracted from the Marcellus Shale across the state.

If the General Assembly adopts both proposed exemptions, only one-third of total gas production at a typical Marcellus Shale well would be subject to severance tax, and companies would pay tax for only nine years of the 40-year life of the well. This two-

IBISWorld Industry Report 48621 Gas Pipeline Transportation in the USNovember 2011  |  Justin Molavi Move along: High demand and low prices of natural gas will support industry growth IBISWorld Code: 48621 NAICS 2002 Code: 48621 NAICS 2007 Code: 48621 Forecast to: 2016 Next Expected Publish Date: May 2012 Major Players Referenced:  Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP  El Paso Corporation  Spectra Energy Corporation  Williams Companies Inc Industry Definition Firms in this industry transport natural gas by pipelines from processing plants to local distribution systems. This industry does not include the recovery of natural gas from wells or the processing of natural gas.

Video of Timothy J. Considine, Ph.D. of Natural Resource Economics, shares his new study on natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale region and explains how a high-development in this region would fuel energy security, job-creation and our economy ov

Naturalgas.org is presented as an educational website covering a variety of topics related to the natural gas industry. The purpose of this website is to provide visitors with a comprehensive information source for topics related to natural gas, and prese

http://EnergyTomorrow.org Timothy J. Considine, Ph.D. of Natural Resource Economics and author of a new study on natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale region, explains how a Pennsylvania severance tax could reduce capital inflows for developing na

http://EnergyTomorrow.org Based on his recent study, Timothy J. Considine, Ph.D. of Natural Resource Economics, forecasts the continuation of New York's moratorium on Marcellus natural gas development will cost the state valuable economic opportunities an

The Economic Impacts of the Marcellus Shale From: energy | July 21, 2010 | 63 views Loading... http://EnergyTomorrow.org Timothy J. Considine, Ph.D. of Natural Resource Economics, shares his new study on natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale re

Shell, which has its North American headquarters in Houston, bought all of the acreage of East Resources Inc. in the Marcellus shale for $4.7 billion, totaling 650,000 contiguous net acres and more than 1 million acres overall in West Virginia and Pennsyl

The Marcellus Shale boom is accomplishing something that all of Governor Rendell's economic development programs cannot: permanent jobs and more state tax revenue without a dime of taxpayer subsidies. Resisting the calls to tax natural gas producers will

This report examines the key effects a California oil severance tax would have and pinpoints the lessons that can be learned from California about the effects of severance taxes more generally. The report establishes the range of potential revenues the ta