How does explicit knowledge inform policy shaping? The case of Burkina Faso's national social protection policy.

ABSTRACT: In 2009, Burkina Faso embarked on a process leading to the development of a national social protection policy (politique nationale de protection sociale-PNPS) in 2012. The objective of this study was to analyze the circumstances under which explicit knowledge was used to inform the process of emergence and formulation PNPS. The term explicit knowledge excludes tacit and experiential knowledge, taking into account research data, grey literature, and monitoring data. Court and Young's conceptual framework was adapted by integrating concepts from political science, such as Kingdon's Multiple Streams framework. Discursive and documentary data were collected from 30 respondents from national and international institutions. Thematic analysis guided the data processing. Results showed that use of

SUBMITTER: Kadio K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10138829 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature