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Evidence-Based Policy Making for Results with Oby Ezekwesili @obyezeks (Founder/Faculty) and moderated by Ms Ier Jonathan @IerJonathan

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Resources are finite and so, failure to make informed decisions can severely constrain the capacity of governments at all levels to successfully deliver good and targeted outcomes.

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Whenever public choices and decisions are not grounded in strong analysis and shaped by factual evidence and statistical data, the result will be unfavourable to citizens.

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As most bureaucracies became weaker, the skills required for evidence-based policymaking grossly declined such that over time, anecdotes, emotions and false premises have determined policy choices to the detriment of citizens wellbeing.

It is therefore crucial that SPPG graduates who will go on to become public leaders understand the basics and benefits of evidence-based policymaking.

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At a minimum, our graduates can at the end of this course know how to demand that policy choices placed before them are predicated on rigorous analysis by qualified bureaucrats.