The Measures of Good Policy

Builds on Trends
Builds on Trends
 Difference between
conditions and trends
 Limitations of condition
responsive policies
 How trends help make
good policies
The Measures of Good Policy

Builds on Local
Solutions
Builds on Local Solutions
 Every place evolves
local solutions
 Local solutions are easy
to adopt
 They are low cost
 They may be adapted
to changing
circumstances easily
 They are likely to be
durable
 Is Qing Qi a local
solution?
The Measures of Good Policy

Creates Ownership
Among Beneficiaries
Creates Ownership Among Beneficiaries

 Current state of policies

isolated from their
beneficiaries
 Even implementers do
not know policies
 Deliberation during
making and
implementation creates
ownership
The Measures of Good Policy

Develop Feedback
Mechanism
Develop Feedback Mechanism
 Easy to use feedback
mechanisms make good
policies
 Feedback should be
collected from all
possible sources
 All kinds of feedback
should be respected
 Feedback should not be
wasted
 Good feedback should
be rewarded
The Measures of Good Policy

Flexible
Flexible
 Policies and their
implementation should
be flexible
 Avoid using standardized
approaches for policy
implementation
 Respect variations in
cultures, and needs of
the recipient populations
The Measures of Good Policy

Improvise
Improvise
 Good policies always
improvise
 They keep on
accumulating knowledge
 They become
self-corrective
 They encourage learning
and use the learning