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Rethinking Policy Analysis: Enhancing Policy Development and Management in the Public Service  
Sam Agere, Ibbo Mandaza

Series name: Managing the Public Service Strategies for Improvement Series
Series number: 8

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Categories: Managing the Public Service: Strategies for Improvement Series, Public Sector Development

ISBN No: 978-0-85092-583-8

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Publication Date: 01-1999
Number of Pages: 72

Status: In stock

Price: £ 9.00    [Currency converter]  


Description

Many governments are indecisive about the role of the state in this era of rapid change, and a new policy development and management paradigm is emerging – a transition from administration to management is under way. This book offers a practical framework within which policy can be conceptualised, formulated, implemented and evaluated.

Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Purpose and Background History
The Political Economy of Public Policy in Post-Colonial Africa
Limitations and Constraints in Policy Formation and Collaboration
Methodological Issues and Path to Policy Selection Mechanisms
Rationale for Developing a Policy Framework
The Framework for Policy Analysis and Management
Emerging Issues and Challenges
Best Practice Guidelines for Policy Analysis Management Framework
Institutionalisation of the Policy Analysis Framework
Models of Policy Analysis and Management
- Botswana
- Zambia
- Zimbabawe
Towards Regional Policy Co-ordination and Collaboration
References
 

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