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Since 1990, governments have put more emphasis on evaluation of regional and local policies, programmes and plans. However, evaluations results have been scarcely used and only limited lessons can be drawn from them. As a consequence, their capacity to produce and facilitate the accumulation of knowledge and learning has been restricted. The objective of this article is to summarise the problems and limitations of the current approach to evaluating these policies (mainly value for money studies) and to explore the potential of new approaches, such as theory-based evaluation. Theory-based approach provide us with a framework that allow the estimation of policy effects, but at the same time, it will help us comprehend how, when and why this policy leads to the observed effects being produced, identifying the cause and effects mechanisms that are behind policy implementation. This information is essential to increase the utility of the evaluation and improve the effectiveness of the regional policies.

La evaluación basada en la teoría y su aplicación a la política regional: algunas reflexiones teóricas