Use of ‘policy analysis’ to improve the quality of policy-making by government and non-governmental organizations

Abstract

Quality of policy-making in this paper refers to the element of ‘rationality’, which is in turn associated with the criteria of effectiveness and efficiency. The originality and value of this paper are related to the fact that this type of rationality is missing in most public organizations, especially in Arab and Third World countries. This is made evident by the scarcity of policy research and the paucity of training and education in policy analysis in these countries. Therefore, the paper shows how the toolbox of policy analysis can be used to provide relevant information and to design alternative policies to provide rational solu tions normally addressed by governments and non-governmental organizations. The paper shows how the tools of the flourishing field of policy analysis can help policy makers design rational policies and programs and to evaluate their outcomes at different levels of govern ment: local, national, and international. The major finding of the paper is that government, non-governmental organizations in Arab countries need to establish a professional job in their ranks to be intellectually grounded on policy sciences in order to provide advice to policy makers at different government levels on specialized policy issue areas, e.g. educa

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