This document proposes five principles for evidence-informed policymaking in government, suggesting improvements for environmental policies.
This document has been written to prompt discussion within South Africa's Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), and possibly government-wide. It proposes five principles that underpin an evidence-informed approach to policy making. It derives from work done in DEA in 2014 and 2015 and builds on many good practices that have been identified across the department.
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