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Writing a Case Study for PolicyCapacity Building Documents

Anne Lan K. Candelaria

SUMMARY

This document provides a series of theoretical and practical ideas about case studywriting for policy. It provides a general definition of what a case study is and then

highlights five key recommendations for policy-related case studies: addingcontextual information, focusing on process over outcome, minding language use,considering co-writing with a policy maker, and ending with questions rather thananswers.

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What is a case study?

How are case studies for policy different?

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(1) Present the context of your case based on facts

(2) Write about the process more than about the outcome

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(3) Watch your language

(4) Consider writing your case with the policy maker

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(5) End with more questions rather than answers

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Cited Work

Yin, R. (1994). . Thousand Oaks, CA:

Sage Publications.