Policy Analysis for Big Issues

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'There is no better guide to policies that seek to make life better and more just for everyone.'Francis FukuyamaOlivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), and author of Liberalism and Its Discontents'This ingenious volume draws out the best of Klitgaard. It will inspire the world for generations.' Kishore MahbubaniFounding Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore'This book is as close as one can get to the greatest hits of Robert Klitgaard's distinguished career: riveting stories from Asia, Africa, and Latin America; thought-provoking cases of policy successes and failures; and practical advice on how to transform ourselves and the world for the better.'Michael Muthukrishna Associate Professor of Economic Psychology at the London School of Economics, and author of A Theory of Everyone: Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going'Policy Analysis for Big Issues is a banquet of insights, ideas, and practical notions [...] every course goes down so very smoothly.'Eugene BardachProfessor of Public Policy at Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, and author of A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving 'Professor Klitgaard's trademark has been tackling complex and under-researched societal issues with an unusually diverse analytical toolkit. This volume shows why he's one of the policy world's most creative problem-solvers.'Michael RichPresident and CEO, RAND Corporation (2012-2022) 'In this book, and throughout his prolific career that has tackled some of the wickedest of policy problems, Bob Klitgaard has demonstrated a remarkable ability to distil complexity into insight and to serve up the result with energizing clarity.'Karthik RamannaProfessor of Business and Public Policy, University of Oxford 'Bob Klitgaard is a world-class one-man think-and-do tank. This book is at once a collection of his greatest hits, a tempting introduction to his extraordinarily rich and diverse body of work, and a call to action on what are still some of the most pressing issues in global development today.'Rt Hon Jesse Norman Minister of State and Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom 'Robert Klitgaard has not just taken on the hardest issues, ones too often avoided, from corruption to culture to inequality, he has lived them. His writing is a delight, combining the sharp analytics of a Paul Krugman with the vivid imagery of a Paul Theroux.'Gregory F. TrevertonProfessor of the Practice of International Relations and Spatial Sciences at the University of Southern California, former Chair of the US National Intelligence Council, and author of Telling Truth to Power 'Robert Klitgaard uses analytics to guide practice in ways that help make the most daunting challenges we face that much more tractable, and he does so in his own inimitable, human and even humorous style. For the habits of mind and practice it fosters, Policy Analysis for Big Issues belongs in the toolkit or fieldwork backpack-just don't leave it on the shelf!-of anyone who cares about effecting practical change against daunting odds.'Scott A. FritzenPresident of the Fulbright University Vietnam and co-author of The Routledge Handbook of Public Policy 'In nine rigorously analytical books, Klitgaard has examined challenges of implementing high-minded policy in the real world. This well-crafted anthology of concluding chapters encourages previous readers to go back and savor favorite passages. New readers are in for a treat!'Ian D. ClarkDistinguished Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, former Secretary of the Treasury Board of Canada, and co-creator of the Atlas of Public Management 'The books that stay in my mind are a tiny fraction of the ones I read; Robert Klitgaard wrote two of them-Choosing Elites and Tropical Gangsters. Reading the concluding chapters of his other books in Policy Analyses for Big Issues tells me that I've just scratched the surface of the things that he has to teach me.'Charles MurrayFriedrich Hayek Emeritus Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research'Robert Klitgaard leaps above the microscopic orientation of most policy analyses. He trounces policy advocacy masquerading as objective analysis. If you seek to address major issues confronting our world, take heed of the themes, principles, and approaches Klitgaard outlines.'Richard ZeckhauserFrank P. Ramsey Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University