Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

9-2018

Abstract

This paper uses a policy design perspective with which to examine the formulation of programmes that are based on the concept of co-production. In doing so, the paper reviews essential literature on policy design and co-production to identify that a limited focus on outcomes and specifically how behavioural change can make these outcomes sustainable represents a major gap in the current discussion of co-production. We firstly argue that in designing programmes involving co-production, outcomes need to be considered at the initial design stages where broad policy objectives are being defined. Secondly, we argue that for these outcomes to be sustainable, behavioural change on the part of policy targets needs to be an important objective of a coproduction programme. To illustrate our point, we use the example of rural sanitation programmes from three developing countries to specifically demonstrate how the absence or inclusion of behavioural change considerations in the early phases of policy design can elicit different levels of success in achieving desired policy outcomes.

Keywords

Co-production, policy design, sanitation, policy instruments, behavioural outcomes, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia

Discipline

Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration

Research Areas

Political Science

Publication

Policy and Society

Volume

37

Issue

3

First Page

326

Last Page

346

ISSN

1449-4035

Identifier

10.1080/14494035.2018.1383032

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Open

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Authors

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1080/14494035.2018.1383032

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