Quantitative Development Policy Analysis
Quantitative Development Policy Analysis

Author: Elisabeth Sadoulet

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13:

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Exercises: Production function: technological change and factor sustainability; Food subsidies in Morocco; Pprice insenctive and public goods for Indian agriculture; Supple response for groundnuts in Sub-Saharan Africa; Food security in India; Household responses to price incentives; effects of prices distortions and investiment in research on efficiency and welfare; Exchange rate and trade policies in Pakistan; Relationship between farm size and procuctivity: the economics of land reform; Policy simulation with a multimarket for brazil.

Quantitative Development Policy Analysis
Quantitative Development Policy Analysis

Author: Elisabeth Sadoulet

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13:

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This text reviews and extends the methods of conceptualization and quantification of the economic implications of policy options. It covers the theories and methods for the analysis of consumer demand, producer behaviour, supply response, behaviour and welfare under risk and household models.

Innovative Comparative Methods for Policy Analysis
Innovative Comparative Methods for Policy Analysis

Author: Benoit Rihoux

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-03-20

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 0387288295

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Innovative Comparative Methods for Policy Analysis aims to provide a decisive push to the further development and application of innovative and specific comparative methods for the improvement of policy analysis. To take on this challenge, this volume brings together methodologists and specialists from a broad range of social scientific disciplines and policy fields. The work further develops methods for systematic comparative cases analysis in a small-N research design, with a key emphasis laid on policy-oriented applications. Innovative Comparative Methods for Policy Analysis is clearly both a social scientific and policy-driven endeavor; on the one hand, the book engages in an effort to further improve social scientific methods, but on the other hand this effort also intends to provide useful, applied tools for policy analysts and the "policy community" alike. Though quite a variety of methods and techniques are touched upon in this volume, its focus is mainly laid on two recently developed research methods/techniques which enable researchers to systematically compare a limited number of cases; Qualitative Comparative Analysis(QCA) and Fuzzy-Sets (FS).

Basic Methods of Policy Analysis and Planning
Basic Methods of Policy Analysis and Planning

Author: Carl Patton

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-08-26

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 1317350006

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Updated in its 3rd edition, Basic Methods of Policy Analysis and Planning presents quickly applied methods for analyzing and resolving planning and policy issues at state, regional, and urban levels. Divided into two parts, Methods which presents quick methods in nine chapters and is organized around the steps in the policy analysis process, and Cases which presents seven policy cases, ranging in degree of complexity, the text provides readers with the resources they need for effective policy planning and analysis. Quantitative and qualitative methods are systematically combined to address policy dilemmas and urban planning problems. Readers and analysts utilizing this text gain comprehensive skills and background needed to impact public policy.

Handbook of Public Policy Analysis
Handbook of Public Policy Analysis

Author: Frank Fischer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-25

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 1351564366

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The study of public policy and the methods of policy analysis are among the most rapidly developing areas in the social sciences. Policy analysis has emerged to provide a better understanding of the policymaking process and to supply decision makers with reliable policy-relevant knowledge about pressing economic and social problems. Presenting a broad, comprehensive perspective, the Handbook of Public Policy Analysis: Theory, Politics, and Methods covers the historical development of policy analysis, its role in the policy process, and empirical methods. The handbook considers the theory generated by these methods and the normative and ethical issues surrounding their practice. Written by leading experts in the field, this book- Deals with the basic origins and evolution of public policy Examines the stages of the policy-making process Identifies political advocacy and expertise in the policy process Focuses on rationality in policy decision-making and the role of policy networks and learning Details argumentation, rhetoric, and narratives Explores the comparative, cultural, and ethical aspects of public policy Explains primary quantitative-oriented analytical methods employed in policy research Addresses the qualitative sides of policy analysis Discusses tools used to refine policy choices Traces the development of policy analysis in selected national contexts The Handbook of Public Policy Analysis: Theory, Politics, and Methods describes the theoretical debates that have recently defined the field, including the work of postpositivist, interpretivist, and social constructionist scholars. This book also explores the interplay between empirical and normative analysis, a crucial issue running through contemporary debates.

Theory and Practice in Policy Analysis
Theory and Practice in Policy Analysis

Author: M. Granger Morgan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-10-12

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 1316886999

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Many books instruct readers on how to use the tools of policy analysis. This book is different. Its primary focus is on helping readers to look critically at the strengths, limitations, and the underlying assumptions analysts make when they use standard tools or problem framings. Using examples, many of which involve issues in science and technology, the book exposes readers to some of the critical issues of taste, professional responsibility, ethics, and values that are associated with policy analysis and research. Topics covered include policy problems formulated in terms of utility maximization such as benefit-cost, decision, and multi-attribute analysis, issues in the valuation of intangibles, uncertainty in policy analysis, selected topics in risk analysis and communication, limitations and alternatives to the paradigm of utility maximization, issues in behavioral decision theory, issues related to organizations and multiple agents, and selected topics in policy advice and policy analysis for government.

Development Policy and Planning
Development Policy and Planning

Author: Anis Chowdhury

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 1134858736

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Reorientation from economic controls to a market-based approach led to significant changes in the economic policy of developing countries in the 1980s. Yet, with governments continuing to exercise economic management to accelerate growth beyond that achieved by market forces, techniques and models of development planning are still an integral feature of development policy management. Development Policy and Planning provides a non-technical explanation of the main techniques and models used for economic policy formulation. Each technique is illustrated in application through practical examples.