Evidence based policy making in the era of “Post Truth”

Abstract

"Post Truth" is defined as "Relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief" in Oxford Living Dictionaries. However, "Post Truth" and "Evidence based" is not conflicting concepts. It is very difficult to exclude emotion and personal belief in the actual policy making process because of limitation of statistical theory and collection of datasets. In this context, framework of thinking is important rather than numerical analysis itself. The thinking framework has to be depend on common sense in the society. Policy making should not be limited only for politicians and bureaucrats, but also be open for various stakeholders. Diversities of paths of policy proposals made by various stakeholders, openness to the public and historical perspectives are important in policy making process.