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If we need to evaluate a programme for which no baseline data is available, can we fall back on asking survey respondents to recall their situation from a notional baseline? Rob Fuller, IGL's Evaluation Manager, discusses recent work suggesting that this approach may not just be inaccurate but actively misleading.

Our research on suggests the British government spent £9.8 billion in 2013-2014 supporting its businesses. But has this spending worked? In this blogpost, we call for more evaluation and experimentation in business support programmes.

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