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Title: Public Finance Public Policy Paper


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Public Finance Public Policy Paper
  • Igor Baranov
  • Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg
    University

2
Public Policy Paper General Requirements
  • Groups of 4 students
  • 25 of the total score for the course
  • What is graded?
  • - In-class presentation (10 minutes) according
    to the schedule
  • - Written paper submitted AFTER presentation
    (deadline April 28, 2009), up to 5,000 words
  • Evaluation
  • - Following Writing Public Policy Paper
    guidelines
  • - Quality of presentation
  • - QA session for the group
  • Reference Writing Effective Public Policy Papers
    by E.Young and L.Quinn. OSI, 2002.

3
Public Administration Roles and Professions
  • Politicians
  • Civil servants
  • Policy analysts
  • Researchers
  • Managers in public sector organizations
  • Business-government relations analysts in private
    companies

4
Policy Study vs Policy Analysis
  • Policy study
  • Who researchers / academics
  • Where universities, research institutes
  • What to understand and inform the policy-making
    process by carrying out primary research into
    specific policy issues
  • Policy analysis
  • Who analysts
  • Where think tanks / policy centers
  • What designing actual policy to be implemented
  • Policy studies are issue-driven, whereas policy
    analyses are client-driven

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Areas of Difference Policy Study Policy Analysis
Audience Targets other policy specialists Targets decision-makers
Focus Issue-driven General recommendations on policy issues Client-driven Designing specific policies to be implemented on the ground
Methodology Primary research Rarely includes primary research
Ideas / language used Can be quite discipline specific / technical Must be very clear and simple
Length Up to 20,000 words Not usually longer than 5,000 words
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The Policy Cycle
  • Problem definition / Agenda setting
  • Show that a problem exists that requires
    government action
  • Constructing the Policy Alternatives / Policy
    Formulation
  • Consider all possible solutions
  • Choice of Solution / Selection of Preferred
    Policy Option
  • Evaluate each option and choose your preferred
    one
  • Policy design
  • Choosing a policy instrument and a delivery
    organization mix
  • Policy implementation and monitoring
  • Evaluation
  • A policy paper can influence any or all stages of
    the policy cycle

7
Paper Checklist
  • Which stage(s) in the policy-making process are
    you trying to influence through your policy
    paper?
  • Which stakeholders have been/are involved at each
    stage of the policy-making process? Who is your
    client?
  • Have you identified a clear problem to address?
    Can you summarize it in two sentences?
  • Do you have sufficiently comprehensive evidence
    to support your claim that a problem exists?
  • Have you outlined and evaluated the possible
    policy options that could solve this problem?
    What evaluation criteria did you use?
  • Have you decided on a preferred alternative?
  • Do you have sufficient evidence to effectively
    argue for your chosen policy alternative over the
    others?
  • Prepare Elevator speech

8
Policy Paper Structure
  • Title
  • Table of contents
  • Abstract / Executive summary
  • Introduction
  • Problem description
  • Policy options
  • Conclusions and recommendations
  • Bibliography
  • Appendices

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Abstract / Executive Summary
  • Purpose of the paper
  • Definition and description of the policy problem
  • Evaluation of policy alternatives
  • Conclusion and recommendations

10
Introduction
  • Context of the policy problem
  • Definition of the policy problem
  • Statement of intent
  • Methodology and limitations of the study
  • Road map of the paper

11
Conclusion and Recommendations
  • Synthesis of major findings
  • highlights main points from the problem
    description and policy options elements
  • Set of policy recommendations
  • Concluding remarks

12
Writing Style
  • Write by paragraphs!
  • Paragraph has to indicate both logical and
    physical breaks in the text
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