Tools for Institutional, Political, and Social Analysis of Policy Reform : A Sourcebook for Development Practitioners

This Sourcebook deals with social analysis in policy reform, encompassing the transition from gaining a better understanding of the distributional impacts of proposed or continuing reform to influencing a more informed and locally embedded process of policy review and design. In a generic sense, the term "social analysis" encompasses institutional, political, and social analyses. These three overlapping areas, derived from different disciplinary backgrounds, focus on the rules and relations that underpin and influence reform outcomes: Institutional analysis looks at the rules that people develop to govern group behavior and interaction in political, economic, and social spheres of life. Institutional analysis is based on an understanding that these rules-whether formally constructed or informally embedded in cultural practice-mediate and distort, sometimes fundamentally, the expected impacts of policy reform. Political analysis looks at the structure of power relations and often-entrenched interests of different stakeholders that affect decision making and distributional outcomes. Political analysis is built on recognition that political interests underpin many areas of policy debate and economic reform, challenging assumptions about the technical nature of policy making. Social analysis looks at the social relationships that govern interaction at different organizational levels, including households, communities, and social groups. Social analysis is built on an understanding of the role of social and cultural norms in governing relationships within and between groups of social actors, with implications for the degree of inclusion and empowerment of specific social groups.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2007
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY, ADVERSE EFFECTS, AGRICULTURE, ANALYSIS OF POVERTY, ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK, ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORKS, ANALYTICAL GAPS, ANALYTICAL WORK, BANK LENDING, BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, CD, CENTER, CIVIL SERVICE, CIVIL SERVICE REFORM, CIVIL SOCIETY, COMPLEMENTARY MEASURES, COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT, COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK, CONSUMER ASSESSMENT, COST ANALYSIS, COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY, COUNTRY CAPACITY, COUNTRY EXAMPLES, COUNTRY POLICIES, DATA COLLECTION, DATA COLLECTION METHODS, DECENTRALIZATION, DECISION MAKING, DESTINATION, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DEVELOPMENT POLICY OPERATIONS, DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS, DIRECT IMPACTS, DISTRIBUTIONAL CONSEQUENCES, DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT, DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS, DISTRIBUTIONAL ISSUES, DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC COOPERATION, ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY, ECONOMIC POLICIES, ECONOMIC POLICY, ECONOMIC REFORM, EX ANTE ANALYSIS, EXCHANGE RATE, EXCHANGE RATE POLICY, EXCHANGE RATES, EXPORTS, FINANCIAL DATA, FISCAL POLICY, FOCUS GROUP, FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION, FOCUS GROUPS, GDP, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HARD BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, HOUSEHOLD MODEL, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, IMPACT OF POLICY, IMPACTS OF POLICY, INDEPENDENT VARIABLES, INDUSTRIAL REGIONS, INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS, INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS, INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS, INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKET REFORM, LAND REFORM, LAWS, LEGISLATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MARKET REFORMS, MONETARY POLICY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH, NATIONAL POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES, OPERATING COSTS, PARTICIPATORY METHODS, PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENT, PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL, POLICY ANALYSIS, POLICY CHANGE, POLICY DEBATE, POLICY DECISIONS, POLICY DESIGN, POLICY DIALOGUE, POLICY IMPACT, POLICY IMPACTS, POLICY IMPLEMENTATION, POLICY ISSUES, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY OPTIONS, POLICY PROCESS, POLICY REFORM, POLICY REFORMS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY REVIEW, POLITICAL ANALYSIS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL ECONOMY ANALYSIS, POLITICAL ECONOMY OF REFORM, POLITICAL ECONOMY RISKS, POOR COUNTRIES, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR PEOPLE, POSITIVE EFFECTS, POVERTY ANALYSIS, POVERTY IMPACT, POVERTY MONITORING, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER, POVERTY-REDUCING IMPACTS, PRICE CONTROLS, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PRIVATE PARTICIPATION, PRIVATE PROVISION, PRIVATIZATION, PRO-POOR, PRO-POOR GROWTH, PRODUCTION COSTS, PRODUCTIVITY, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SECTOR DOWNSIZING, PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC SPENDING, REFORM DESIGN, REFORM IMPACTS, REFORM OUTCOMES, REORGANIZATION, RISK MANAGEMENT, SCENARIO ANALYSIS, SECTOR REFORMS, SECTOR WORK, SOCIAL ANALYSES, SOCIAL ANALYSIS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, SOCIAL GROUPS, SOCIAL IMPACT, SOCIAL IMPACT ANALYSIS, SOCIAL IMPACTS, SOCIAL IMPACTS OF POLICY, SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS, SOCIAL INSURANCE, SOCIAL PENSIONS, SOCIAL RISK ASSESSMENT, SOCIAL SAFETY NETS, SOCIAL TOOLS, STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS, SUBSIDIARY, TARIFF BARRIERS, TRADE POLICY, TRADE UNIONS, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNION, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WAGES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7465028/tools-institutional-political-social-analysis-policy-reform https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6652
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