Saturday, July 30, 2011

3 Pillars on which development policies should align


Alignment simply makes things easier. When people and processes are in sync, it takes less time and energy to go from A to Z. Here are three areas where it is essential for decisions and actions to line up:

Act on Core Issue: Our  policy should promise and should be according to the problems envisioned for the beneficiaries . People are loyal or readily accept the changes in the policy   when you give them what they want. Make sure what you promise to them is something the public needs. More often then not we have to listen the hidden enfrases of what they actually want which means we should be acting on the root cause of the problem rather than providing the surface solutions

Investor , Implementer and Beneficiaries’ should be on Same page : Investors' interests and the top team's goals. The executive team and those funding the operation need to see eye to eye for the beneficiary’s issue. Otherwise, you spend too much time sorting out disagreements rather than solving the ground realities . where investor in most of the cases are the development funding agencies and implementers are various government and non government organizations

Targeted beneficiaries should be clear: The policies or suggestions offered should have a set of beneficiaries targeted at . i.e we are designing the polices and research for which group it should be clear at the very first instant. All stakeholders must clear on  which customers to serve. A "middle of the road" solution pleases no one. Know your key beneficiaries and make sure your policies satisfy them.