The US and the UK are known for their advanced evidence-based policymaking (EBPM), but how is EBPM progressing in these two countries? Evidence-based policymaking in the United StatesIn the US, the Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2016 was enacted in March 2016. Under the Trump administration, however, evidence-based policymaking was plunged into jeopardy. Its final report was issued in September 2017, paving the way for the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018, to be enacted in January 2019. Evidence-based policymaking in the United KingdomIn the UK, analytical professions, including government economists, play a major role in EBPM.
