Module 2 is intended to enable you to:
1. Recall four guiding factors in identifying key policy issues on which to concentrate.
2. Discuss the importance of current livestock sector functions in framing new policies and suggest two ways to classify these functions.
3. Explain the terms "non-economic motivation" and "economic motivation" in the context of framing a new policy restricting herd size of agropastoralists and mixed farmers.
4. List three approaches to differentiating between economic and non-economic reasons for a farmer to increase herd size.
5. Describe five main categories of economic policy objectives common to all governments.
6. Differentiate between declared and undeclared government objectives by citing specific examples.
7. Explain the role of policy analysts in resolving the complexities of declared and undeclared objectives and also in guiding the policy maker to choose sound objectives.
8. Recall a simple qualitative method to assess the livestock sector's current performance in terms of each of the five broad policy objective groups.
9. Describe three main steps involved in monitoring quantitatively the performance of each policy objective.
10. Discuss identification of policy instruments used to tackle policy issues or problems.
