Question

Write a paragraph on recommendation and policy implications

Answer 1

Recommendations urge specific actions to be taken with regard to policy, practice, theory, or subsequent research. They are specific suggestions that you make with regard to further research on the topic. For instance, you can make recommendations on subsequent research that can be conducted, especially, if there is an interest in generalizing the findings beyond the study’s parameters. You may have identified gaps in the literature  that should be addressed, and to which your study may or may not have contributed.Policy implications are not always simple, clear or black & white. People may differ in what they see are the policy implications of a particular finding or observation. There is also scope for creativity in coming up with policy ideas in order to address the findings or observations

When some kind of research into social issues is done and some findings come out of it. Then we often talk of the ‘policy implications’ of the finding. Ie. given the new knowledge that we have, how should policy be designed or reformed in order to more effectively reach its desired outcomes ?Suppose I do research on peoples’ open defecation in India (a current hot topic). Suppose I find that the reason people do that is that according to their religious beliefs it is not clean to poop close to home (ie in a toilet). What are the policy implications of this finding ?I would say that the policy implications of the above, are that the government Swachh Bharat programme should have some way of addressing this cleanliness belief. It could be through roping in religious leaders to correct misconceptions. Or it could be a policy provision for allowing toilets to be constructed far away from home, so that you do not offend religious sensibilities.