Policy

Policy Analysis

Green Book, Appraisal and Evaluation in Central Government https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-green-book-appraisal-and-evaluation-in-central-governent HM Treasury guidance on how to appraise and evaluate policies, projects and programmes. last updated in March 2018. guidance to help officials develop transparent, objective, evidence-based appraisal and evaluation of proposals to inform decision making.

Introduction to Policy Analysis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjAH7YqKOSI J. Wesley Leckrone PhD. Published September 2017. Dr. Leckrone is at Widener University http://www.widener.edu/academics/faculty/leckronej/default.aspx

Tips for Writing a Policy Analysis http://www.american.edu/cas/writing/pdf/upload/Writing-a-Policy-Analysis.pdf actually has a step by step guide to the process of policy analysis

Municipal Administration Training Institute (MATI) Foundations Program, Sharpen your policy skills http://www.lgma.ca/assets/Programs~and~Events/MATI~Programs/MATI~Foundations/2012~Presentations/NICOLA%20MAROTZ%20-%20Policy%20Skills%20Workshop%20Manual.pdf "This course is intended to introduce local government staff to policy analysis and its key components – defining the issue; developing options; choosing the recommended option; making the recommendation – along with important related topics such as research and public consultation." August 2012

A Framework for Analyzing Public Policies: Practical Guide https://www.inspq.qc.ca/en/publications/1636 September 2012, Author: Florence Morestin, National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy. The document addresses four questions: 1) What public policies does this analytical framework apply to? 2) In what types of situations is it useful? 3) Which policy facets does it focus on? 4) How is the analysis carried out?

The Methodology of Normative Policy Analysis. Christopher Robert, Richard Zeckhauser https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/rzeckhau/Robert-Zeckhauser.pdf Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 30(3), 2011, 613-643. "Policy analyses frequently clash. Their disagreements stem from many sources, including models, empirical estimates, and values such as who should have standing and how different criteria should be weighted. We provide a simple taxonomy of disagreement, identifying distinct categories within both the positive and values domains of normative policy analysis. Using disagreements in climate policy to illustrate, we demonstrate how illuminating the structure of disagreement helps to clarify the way forward. We conclude by suggesting a structure for policy analysis that can facilitate assessment, comparison, and debate by laying bare the most likely sources of disagreement"

Course notes on policy analysis http://www.csulb.edu/~msaintg/ppa670/670menu.htm from Michelle Saint-Germain. 2001. Includes, introduction, six steps, defining the problem, assessing alternatives, etc. Course notes are near bottom.

Policy Analysis in Medical Education: A Structured Approach http://med-ed-online.org/f0000011.htm article in med-ed on line, by David W. Musick. This article has a framework for a systematic approach to policy analysis (see Discussion and Implications section.) The framework could be applied to policy analysis generally.

From Medical Education Online™ ,Volume 3, 1998

cost benefit analysis

Economic analysis and cost analysis methods https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hta101/ta10107.html

HTA 101: Introduction to Health Technology Assessment. Clifford S. Goodman, PhD, most recent version 2014

Benefit-Cost Analysis by Paul R. Portney http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/BenefitCostAnalysis.html in the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, 2008. An explanation.

Intro to cost benefit analysis http://www.conservation-strategy.org/en/csf-econ-video-lessons?term_node_tid_depth=384 Explains what's involved: what do you need to consider, who benefits, what costs, direct, indirect, externalities, etc. From Conservation Strategy Fund.

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