Three Major Forms of Policy

Analysis

Jeandrel Soledad P. Villanueva

Prospective Policy Analysis

Involves the production and

transformation of information before
policy actions are initiated and
implemented.
Prospective Analysis Often Creates
Large Gap

Preferred Solutions Efforts of Gov’t to

to Problems resolve the problem
GAPS
 Retrospective Policy Analysis
Confined to the production and transformation
of information after policy actions have been
taken.
Operating Styles of three major groups analysis:
 Discipline Oriented Analysts
 Problem Oriented Analysts
Application Oriented Analysts
 Matrix of Operating Styles
Disciplined Oriented
Analysis
Political Scientists and
Sociologist-seeks to
develop and test discipline
theory
Describe the causes and
consequences of the
policies
Seldom attempts to
identify specific goals and
objectives of policy
makers
Problem Oriented
Analysis
Political Scientists and
Sociologist-seeks to
describe that causes and
consequences of policies
Less concerned with the
development and testing
of theories. It focuses on
the things affected on the
policy
Seldom provides info
about specific goals and
objectives of policy
makers. Coz the problem
they analyze are usually of
general nature
Application Oriented
Analysis
Also persons from social
work, public
administration and
evaluation research. Seeks
to describe causes and
sequences
Not concerned with dev’t
And testing of discipline
based theories.
They are concerned with
the identification of goals
and objectives of policy
makers and other
stakeholders. Good
information for evaluating
policy outcome
 An Integrated Framework Policy
Performan
ce
Forecastin
Evaluation
g

Policy Policy
Outcomes Futures

Retrospective Monitorin Recomme Prospective

g ndation
Policy
Actions
What
What happened
happened Before
After Action? Action?
Integrated Policy Analysis

Retrospective
Analysis

Integrated
Policy
Analysis

Prospective
Analysis