The Missing Factor

 Proper formulation of public policies have received scant attention in developing countries. As a result, they are left far behind from achieving potential development objectives.  Lack of attention in causality analysis is believed to be the major problem associated with poor public policy management in this region.  This may be due to any one of these two reasons: either policy managers lack the knowledge of causality analysis or they have simply undermined its significance in achieving development goals. Development partners and policy makers, at present, are highlighting the importance of making policy decisions informed by rigorously established evidence which is termed as “Evidence-based Policy Making (EPM)”. However, policy managers have not yet adequately realised that EPM’s potential cannot be fully achieved in the absence of causality analysis.(Read More)