Managing Policy Reform: Concepts and Tools for Decision-Makersin Developing and Transitioning Countries

* A toolbox for designing, managing, and influencing policy reform in government and civil society
* Based on experience in over 40 countries

This comprehensive book provides concepts and tools to navigate the "how" of policy change in order to enhance democratic governance. It teaches decision-makers how to implement policy more effectively and increase performance feasibility of these reforms.

The research—part of the USAID Implementing Policy Change Project—stems from work with government officials, private sector entrepreneurs, and civil society groups, from regional to national and local levels in over 40 countries. The book includes dynamic tools for designing, managing, and influencing policy reforms in government, donor agencies, NGOs, civil society groups, and the private sector.

Managing Policy Reform offers concepts and tools to navigate the "how" of policy change, in order to enhance democratic governance.

The authors base their book on experience in more than 40 countries, from regional to national and local levels, with government officials, private sector entrepreneurs, and civil society groups, as part of the USAID Implementing Policy Change project.

This comprehensive book provides lessons for decision-makers on improving the effectiveness of policy implementation, strategies to increase the implementation feasibility of reform, and to foster stronger links between democratic governance and policy management. It includes tools for designing, managing, and influencing policy reforms in government, donor agencies, NGOs, civil society groups and the private sector.

Derick W. Brinkerhoff is Senior Fellow in International Public Management at RTI International (Research Triangle Institute) and has an associate faculty appointment at George Washington University’s School of Public Policy and Public Administration. He holds a EdD in Public Policy and Administration from Harvard University and an MA in Public Administration from the University of California, Riverside. Derick has published extensively, and is the co-author of Managing Policy Reform: Concepts and Tools for Decision-Makers in Developing and Transitioning Countries.