basics in policy analysis
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Basics in Policy AnalysisHow Governments Should Design &
Implement Policies
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Basics in Policy AnalysisHow Governments Should Design & Implement Policies
Ugo Pica-CiamarraPro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative (PPLPI), Animal Production and Health Division http://www.fao.org/AG/againfo/projects/en/pplpi/home.html
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Objectives
understand policy analysis
appreciate the relevance of policy analysis
know the critical elements to conduct sound policy analysis (and design / implement sound policies)
After this presentation, you should:
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Outline
1. Policy analysis and policy process
2. Definition of policy analysis
3. Steps in policy analysis� Identification of policy objectives� Identification / selection of policy
instruments� Design policy implementation� Policy monitoring & evaluation
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The policy process
Policy Spaces
External Pressures
STATEInterest Group
Interest Group Time
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Elements of policy process
2. Context
3. Actors
4. Content
5. Impact
s
1. Livelihood/ Socio-economic
assessment
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Elements of policy process
2. Context
3. Actors
4. Content
5. Impact
s
1. Livelihood/ Socio-economic
assessment
Main Stages
Agenda setting
Decision making
Implementation
M&E
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Elements of policy process
2. Context
3. Actors
4. Content
5. Impact
s
1. Livelihood/ Socio-economic
assessment
Main Stages
Agenda setting
Decision making
Implementation
M&E
Policy Analysis
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Definition of policy analysis
Policy analysis:
is an applied social scienceproducing information for addressing policy problems
analyses and evaluates public policy options ... for choice by policy makers (Paul, 1989 et al.).
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Policy analysis versus other sciences
Policy analysis is not:
Academic researchEconomicsSociologyStatistics... ... ...
Political scienceInterest groupsCollective actionsAdvocacy coalitions... ... ...
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Policy analysis versus other sciences
Policy analysis is not:
Academic researchEconomicsSociologyStatistics... ... ...
Political scienceInterest groupsCollective actionsAdvocacy coalitions... ... ...
Policy analysis makes ample use of academic research
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Policy analysis versus other sciences
Policy analysis is not:
Academic researchEconomicsSociologyStatistics... ... ...
Political scienceInterest groupsCollective actionsAdvocacy coalitions... ... ...
Policy analysis makes ample use of academic research
Policy analysis takes into consideration differentinterests, positions, etc.
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Steps in policy analysis
1. Identification of policy objectives
2. Identifying and selecting policy instruments
3. Designing policy implementation
4. Policy monitoring & evaluation
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Steps in policy analysis
1. Identification of policy objectives
2. Identifying and selecting policy instruments
3. Designing policy implementation
4. Policy monitoring & evaluation
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1. Identification of policy objectives
Policy agendas present generic policy goals / undesirable status quo (policy problem)- poverty reduction- increased productivity- ... ... ...
Identify a causal chain explaining the status quo- brainstorming- narratives- scientific analysis- problem tree... ... ...
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1. Identification of policy objectives
The ‘source’ of the problem should be selected as the ‘policy objective’
Policy agendas present generic policy goals / undesirable status quo (policy problem)- poverty reduction- increased productivity- ... ... ...
Identify a causal chain explaining the status quo- brainstorming- narratives- scientific analysis- problem tree... ... ...
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1. Identification of policy objectives
Example:Problem tree analysis of Foot & Mouth Disease Outbreak
Foot & Mouth Disease Outbreak
+ animal mortality - productivity
... ... ... - household income - exports
... ... ...
direct contacts between animals
contaminated animal feed
artificial insemination
... .... ....
�policy problem�
effects
causes
Policy objective
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Steps in policy analysis
1. Identification of policy objectives
2. Identifying and selecting policy instruments
3. Designing policy implementation
4. Policy monitoring & evaluation
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2. Identifying policy instruments
Identification of alternative policy instruments serving the policy objective(s)
experiences from other countriespublic/expert opinion pollsprofessional / academic journalsad hoc research findings... ... ..
Avian flu: culling
Avian flu: vaccination
Credit: FAO
No defined rules to identify policy instruments!!! Avian flu: culling
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2. Identifying policy instruments
Hints for identifying policy instruments:
existing instruments includedno �do everything� instrumentrole of the State well identifiedsmall numbers to facilitate selection
Exporting live animals
Exporting processed goodsCredit: FAO
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2. Ranking policy instruments
Hints for selecting best policy instrument
meritcostequityreliabilitysimplicityconsistencyflexibilitycommunicability... ... ...
EXTRAPOLATE: Ex-Ante Tool for Ranking Policy Alternatives
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Steps in policy analysis
1. Identification of policy objectives
2. Identifying and selecting policy instruments
3. Designing policy implementation
3. Policy monitoring & evaluation
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3. Policy Implementation
‘Policy reform failures [...] lack of consideration of how the policy reform is organized’ (Crosby, 1996)
‘Policy implementation brings together multiple agencies and groups that are intended to work in concert’ (Brinkerhoff, 1996)
credit: AfpKenya, drought affected areas – 01 / 2006
source: WHO
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3. Policy implementation tasks
1. Policy legitimisation
2. Resources
3. Institutional design
4. Monitoring & evaluation
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3. Policy implementation tasks
Stakeholder analysis & political mapping to create a policy constituency
1. Policy legitimisation
2. Resources
3. Institutional design
4. Monitoring & evaluation
Securing start-up & medium / long term funds
Accountability & incentives / penalties to ‘policy implementers’ to carry out new tasks
Keep policy implementation on track & assess policy results & impacts
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Steps in policy analysis
1. Identification of policy objectives
2. Identifying and selecting policy instruments
3. Designing policy implementation
4. Policy monitoring & evaluation
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4. Policy monitoring & evaluation
Monitoring: ... collection of data providing indications of [...] progress in the use of inputs and achievement of outputs
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4. Policy monitoring & evaluation
Evaluation: ... assessment of an ongoing [...] policy, its design, implementation and effects and impacts
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4. Policy monitoring & evaluation
Indicator Definition
Inputs Resources allocated
OutputsImmediate results brought about by
inputs
Effects Direct and medium term effects
Impacts Long-term impacts
Mo
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Evalu
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4. Policy monitoring & evaluation
Methodologies:performance indicatorslogical-framework approachinterviewsinternational benchmarkingcost-benefit analysispilot policy projects
Hints:evaluators ≠ implementersparticipatory M&Enew rules & regulationsrewards / penalties
credit: AC
credit: FAO
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Summary
1. identification of policy objectives
2. identification / selection of policy instruments
3. designing policy implementation
4. monitoring & evaluation
Policy analysis is a science providing information to address policy problemsPolicy analysis is a science providing
information to address policy problems
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Conclusions
2. Context
3. Actors
4. Content
5. Impact
s
1. Livelihood/ Socio-economic
assessment
Main Stages
Agenda setting
Decision making
Implementation
M&E
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Further readings
Brinkerhoff D.W., Crosby B.K. (2002). Managing Policy Reform. Concepts and Tools for Decision-Makers in Developing and Transition Countries. Kumarian Press, Bloomfield.
Weimer D.L., Vining A.R. 1991. Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice. Prentice Hall, London.
Binswanger H., Deininger K. 1997. Explaining Agricultural and Agrarian Policies in Developing Countries. Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. XXXV, pp. 1958-2005.