The French Economic Association (AFSE, Association Française de Science Économique) and the Directorate General of the French Treasury (Direction générale du Trésor) joined forces in 2015 to co-host an annual conference on the evaluation of public policy. Every year the conference selects papers on various aspects of public policy evaluation, with submissions assessed against two key criteria: academic excellence, and relevance to the administration of economic policy in France. In 2023, in agreement with the editors of the journal, the organisers encouraged the authors of the papers presented at this 9^th conference to submit their contributions for publication in Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics. The two articles included in this dossier are the fruit of this partnership.

Lehmann, E. (2025). Introduction – Evaluation of Public Policies. A Selection of Papers Presented at the 9^th Annual Conference on Public Policy Evaluation, Hosted by the AFSE and the Directorate General of the Treasury. Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics, 547, 17–19.
doi: 10.24187/ecostat.2025.547.2136