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Preface \\ Acknowledgements \\ Introduction \\ PART I: THE EIGHTFOLD PATH \\ Step One: Define the Problem \\ Step Two: Assemble Some Evidence \\ Step Three: Construct the Alternatives \\ Step Four: Select the Criteria \\ Step Five: Project the Outcomes \\ Step Six: Confront the Trade-Offs \\ Step Seven: Stop, Focus, Narrow, Deepen, Decide! \\ Step Eight: Tell Your Story \\ PART II: ASSEMBLING EVIDENCE \\ Getting Started \\ Locating Relevant Sources \\ Gaining Access and Engaging Assistance \\ Conducting a Policy Research Interview \\ Using Language to Characterize and Calibrate \\ Protecting Credibility \\ Strategic Dilemmas of Policy Research \\ PART III: HANDLING A DESIGN PROBLEM \\ It’s a Production System \\ Crosswalks to the Eightfold Path \\ Define the Problem-- Focus on a Primary Outcome \\ Construct the Alternatives-- Configure the System’s Organizational Structure and Its Operating Processes \\ Select the Criteria-- Define the Objectives to Be Achieved \\ Project the Outcomes-- Test Whether It Will Work \\ Confront the Trade-Offs-- Examine the System from Multiple Perspectives \\ Design a Transition Strategy \\ PART V: “SMART (BEST) PRACTICES” RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING AND MAKING USE OF WHAT LOOK LIKE GOOD IDEAS FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE \\ Develop Realistic Expectations \\ Analyze Smart Practices \\ Observe the Practice \\ Describe Generic Vulnerabilities \\ But Will It Work Here? \\ Back to the Eightfold Path \\ APPENDIX A: THINGS GOVERNMENTS DO \\ I. Taxes \\ II. Regulation \\ III. Subsidies and Grants \\ IV. Service Provision \\ V. Agency Budgets \\ VI. Information \\ VII. The Structure of Private Rights \\ VIII. The Framework of Economic Activity \\ IX. Education and Consultation \\ X. Financing and Contracting \\ XI. Bureaucratic and Political Reforms \\ APPENDIX B: UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS: ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS \\ Mission \\ Environment \\ Performance Measurement \\ Technology \\ Production/Delivery Processes \\ Frontline Workers and Co-Producers \\ Partners and Other Outsiders \\ Centralization/Decentralization \\ Culture and Communications \\ Politics \\ Leadership \\ Leadership \\ APPENDIX C: STRATEGIC ADVICE ON THE DYNAMICS OF GATHERING POLITICAL SUPPORT \\ Sequencing \\ Timing \\ APPENDIX D: SUGGESTIONS FOR INCORPORATING “BIG DATA” AND RIGOROUS SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE INTO POLICY ANALYSIS \\ References \\ Index

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