ENV311H5S Environmental Issues in the Developing World task

ENV311H5S Environmental Issues in the Developing World

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OVERVIEW:
For this assignment, you will write a policy brief on a topic that is relevant to environment and
development in the Global South. I recommend that you choose a topic related to your work for
Assignment #1: Country Status Report. Specific criteria for topics are detailed below.
The assignment is due on March 30, 2020 by 11:59 pm (i.e., before midnight on that date). Quercus is
very strict about imposing late penalties – please be aware of that and try not to upload files after the
deadline, or you will risk incurring late penalties.
We will be going over the assignment in detail in the Tutorial for Week 3, and in the What’s On video
for Week 7. As well, the Extra Optional Makeup Tutorial (posted with the Week 7 materials on Quercus)
will walk you through some important aspects of policy briefs.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
In completing this assignment, you will:
• be able to explain the purpose and format of policy briefs in the international development
context;
• identify and investigate a problem or issue relevant to environment and development in the
Global South;
• define the problem or issue in a manner that is sufficiently well focused to be addressed
effectively in a policy brief format;
• summarize the issue at a level that would be relevant for an experienced international
policymaker; and,
• propose several policy solutions by explaining the situation and the policy landscape, and/or
advocate for one particular solution to the issue that you have identified.
BACKGROUND:
But what – you might ask – is a policy brief?
The UN FAO defines a policy brief as follows:
A policy brief is a concise summary of a particular issue, the policy options to deal with it, and some
recommendations on the best option. It is aimed at government policymakers and others who are
interested in formulating or influencing policy. Policy briefs can take different formats. It has an
attractive design, and may have one or more photographs.
– from Preparing Policy Briefs, Lesson 4.1 in “Food Security Communications Toolkit” (2011) Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i2195e/i2195e00.htm
Three characteristics are common to almost all policy briefs:
1. They are “brief” (typically 1-4 pages; some are as short as 700 words, but we will aim for 1500-
2000 words in this assignment) – more than 4 pages would be a “report” rather than a “brief.”
2. They provide a concise summary of a particular issue.

3. They speak to policymakers, offering options and/or recommendations for dealing with the
particular issue.
There are two basic types of policy brief:
• An advocacy brief argues in favour of a particular course of action.
• An objective brief gives balanced information and options for the policymaker.
UNFAO (2011, op cit.) lists some requirements for policy briefs:
• Provide enough background for the reader to understand the issue or problem.
• Convince the reader that the problem must be addressed urgently.
• Provide information about alternatives (in an objective brief); or, provide evidence and
recommendations supporting one alternative (in an advocacy brief).
• Stimulate the reader to make a decision.
As well, policy briefs usually are formatted so they will catch the attention of policymakers, who are
busy people with (often) short attention spans. The pages are carefully laid out, with interesting
graphics, perhaps even a photograph, and some way of emphasizing the main points.
In terms of structure, there are many ways to organize a policy brief. Here is a suggestion (you don’t
necessarily have to follow this – it’s just a suggested organizational framework for your content):
• Title
• Executive Summary (similar to an Abstract)
• Introduction
• Main Text, Issue Summary, and Evidence
• Interpretation or Discussion
• Implications and Recommendations
• References
In addition, a policy brief should be eye-catching and easy to read, and so will often include some or
most of the following:
• Text boxes and sidebars
• Cases or examples
• Tables
• Graphics
• Photographs
– based on IDRC (n.d.), How To Write a Policy Brief, in “Toolkit for Researchers,” International Development

Research Centre, http://www.idrc.ca/en/resources/researchdbs/tools_and_training/pages/toolkit-for-
researchers.aspx, and on UNFAO (2011, op. cit.)

I have provided a number of resources related to policy briefs on our course website, including the UN
FAO and IDRC sources cited above, which are both very thorough and informative. There are also some
examples of policy briefs that you can look at. They are posted in the Assignment #2 folder. Please check
out these sources – they have a lot of examples and advice for producing policy briefs.

 

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