PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS

School of Educational Studies Department of Educational Management and Policy Studies PO 305: PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS Timed Test 1: Wednesday 22nd January, 2014: (Time 07:00-08:00 Hours) INSTRUCTIONS i. Only one question will be attempted from the four alternatives provided ii. The instructor has discretion and mandate of making his own selection among the given alternatives. ALTERNATIVE QUESTIONS 1. With brief and precise notes, discuss the nature and categories of public policy for which a public policy analyst is compelled to understand. 2. Critically and with supporting examples, elucidate the major reasons as to why you should engage and study Public Policy Analysis. 3. Taking into account the social environment prior to liberalization of socio-economic systems in Tanzania, briefly discuss the social conditions (causes for the formation and consequences) that surrounded Structural Adjustment Policy (SAP). 4. Reflecting on recent discovery of huge deposits of offshore natural gases on South-East coast of Tanzania and the subsequent formulation of policy for natural gases and petroleum products, discuss the main actors towards this policy formation, its main contents and the likely consequences on the lives of affected people.