The aim of the course is to enable students to plan, design and conduct independent analysis in an area of public policy. MPA students will write an individually-authored policy paper of no more than ...

John Dryzek, Policy Analysis as a Hermeneutic Activity, Policy Sciences, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Aug., 1982), pp. 309-329 ... This paper explores a number of different modes of policy analysis to determine ...

This paper reviews quantitative tools of financial stability assessments under the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP). A key focus of FSAPs is on methodologies to gauge risks on a system-wide ...

This paper presents a basic plan for developing a Forecast and Policy Analysis System designed to support an inflation-forecast targeting regime at a central bank. It includes discussion of the ...

They interviewed key stakeholders and detailed their findings in a 50-page research paper. Eight weeks of study in Lusaka also meant coming into contact with a new environment and culture.