SALURBAL's Policy Evaluation Studies

Why evaluate urban policies?

Evaluating existing urban policies provides important evidence to policymakers as they design and implement future policies and interventions. These evaluations also improve understanding of the challenges and opportunities associated with real-world policy evaluations, providing lessons to support future research design and implementation.

As part of the project's initial phase (2017-2023), SALURBAL supported six policy evaluations across Latin America to evaluate the health and environmental impacts of city and neighborhood-level policies and interventions. In each case, an upcoming or recently implemented policy was identified, and a plan for evaluating the health and environmental impacts of this policy or intervention over time was proposed.