Comparative Analysis of National Drug Policies - Second Workshop Geneva, 10-13 June 1996 - EDM Research Series No. 025: Annex 1: Research proposal: IV. Study Approach

Comparative Analysis of National Drug Policies - Second Workshop Geneva, 10-13 June 1996 - EDM Research Series No. 025
(1997; 175 pages)

Table of Contents

Executive summary
I. Introduction
II. Background on the research project
	1. Research questions and objectives of the study
	2. Study approach and research tools
	3. Project past activities
III. Second workshop
	1. Aim and objectives
	2. Participants
	3. Method of work and proceedings
IV. Preliminary findings
	1. The methods: What has been learnt?
		1.1 Methods in context: How did the country teams use the methods?
		1.2 Methods in question: What were the main problems encountered and how to solve them?
		1.3 Relevance of the methods
	2. National drug policies: what has been learnt?
		2.1 Preliminary findings based on NDP indicators
		2.2 Preliminary interpretations based on NDP indicators
		2.3 Preliminary findings based on the political mapping
	3. Cross national analysis: What can be learnt at this stage?
		3.1 Relevance of the methods for cross national comparison
		3.2 Strengths and weaknesses of NDP from a cross national perspective
		3.3 Tentative explanations for cross national variations
	4. Broader capacity building
V. Conclusions of the workshop and follow-up plans
	1. Main outcomes
	2. Next steps
Annex 1: Research proposal
	I. Introduction
	II. The Problem
	III. Research Question and Objectives of Proposed Study
	IV. Study Approach
	V. Anticipated Outcomes
	VI. Methods
	VII. Time Line and Resources
	Selected References
Annex 2: List of participants
Annex 3: Agenda
Annex 4: Questionnaire on NDP performance assessment
Annex 5: Achievements of the national drug policies in the 12 countries
	Bulgaria
	Chad
	Colombia
	Guinea
	India
	Mali
	Philippines
	Sri Lanka
	Thailand
	Viet Nam
	Zambia
	Zimbabwe
Annex 6: Consolidated tables
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IV. Study Approach

The project will have three phases: planning, research and dissemination. The research phase is described in this section; for details of the planning and dissemination phases, see Section 7 below.

The research phase will evaluate national drug policies in 8 developing countries, and will produce a series of country studies that examine key processes of policy formulation and implementation. The research will combine summative and formative evaluation strategies (see Background Paper). Both quantitative and qualitative measures and approaches (described below) will be used in carrying out the analysis.

The 8 countries selected for this project are: Colombia, Guinea, India, Philippines, Sri Lanka. Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. These developing countries from Africa, Asia, and Latin America have been chosen based on the following criteria: socio-economic status, political system and regime type, geographical and demographic factors, colonial history, existence or absence of a formal NDP, public-private mix and size of domestic pharmaceutical industry, availability of in-country contacts, and the existence of previous studies. They include some of the world's poorest countries, as well as some middle-income countries; countries with no pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity, as well as some with substantial capacity.

The implementation of the research phase of the project will involve:

1: Assessment of NDP performance, through the application of a standard set of indicators, in order to evaluate NDP outcomes as well as processes.

2: Two rounds of group evaluation as a means for a) Achievement of group consensus on methodologies, and the training of the country team coordinators (Round 1). and b) a comparative analysis of strengths and weaknesses of NDPs, and identifying key questions for the political mapping (Round 2).

3: Analysis of the NDP formulation and implementation processes, through the application of political mapping, in order to assess organizational and political variables. A second round of political mapping may be undertaken in a subset of the study countries, aimed at addressing specific questions that emerge from the first round of evaluations and political mapping.