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Making Macro Social Analysis work for Policy Dialogue: Refining Policy
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McDonald BenjaminSocial Development - LAC
PEOPLE
SOCIETIES
INSTITUTIONSINSTITUTIONS
established law, established law, custom or custom or practicepractice
formal and informal rules of the gameformal and informal rules of the game
livelihoods
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Asia
OECD Eastern Europe
GINI COEFFICIENTS
• But power is generally most
powerful when it is hidden
POWER• Power is least forceful
when it is most visible, and met with open force
• You are more powerful when you can set the agenda
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR SOCIAL ANALYSISFOR SOCIAL ANALYSIS
Institutions determine Institutions determine socioeconomic outcomessocioeconomic outcomes
Power shapes Power shapes institutionsinstitutions Socioeconomic outcomesSocioeconomic outcomes
drive power drive power
INSTITUTIONSINSTITUTIONS LIVELIHOODSLIVELIHOODS
POWERPOWER
VALUES
• Can we truly understand other societies?• Our Weltanschauung depends on our personal
and social background• The world is full of mental constructs: what is
development? The American dream? Joining the OECD? Who determines what civilization is?
• What is poverty? • How do we judge others?• There is no neutral social analysis• What values do we want to bring to an analysis?
understandinunderstandingg
• A few essential elements:A few essential elements:– Multi-sectoral teamsMulti-sectoral teams– History, geography, History, geography,
demography, sociology, demography, sociology, economics, politicseconomics, politics
– Qualitative and quantitative Qualitative and quantitative analysesanalyses
– Multi-national teamsMulti-national teams– In-depth consultationsIn-depth consultations– Stakeholder analysisStakeholder analysis– Respect and humilityRespect and humility
informing
– Gathering information in new (hidden) areas– Analysing the information: identify underlying
trends, linkages and explanations– Determining the implications and
consequences of the phenomena you identify– Defining audiences for that analysis– Communicating in different languages and
different media to those audiences
Persuading?Persuading?
How important is it?How important is it? Whom do you need to talk to about it, how and Whom do you need to talk to about it, how and
why?why? How does one build coaltions for change?How does one build coaltions for change? How do you get to “the tipping point”?How do you get to “the tipping point”? How do we measure success?How do we measure success?
