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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."

"A Need for Post-Impact and Policy Studies: The Case of the "Shetland Experience"

HARRISBURG, April 3 - The state House Appropriations Subcommittee on Fiscal Policy heard testimony today on imposing a severance tax on natural gas that is extracted in the Marcellus shale formation, according to the subcommittee's chairman, state Rep. Gr

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-

A well-structured severance tax on natural gas production will provide Pennsylvania with a stable source of revenue for critical services, including education and health care, as well as for the environmental and local costs that come with increased drill