
Trade-offs
A Reader’s Checklist for the First Page of a Policy Proposal
Use this first-page policy proposal checklist to identify the problem, intended audience and proposed action, then…
What a policy prioritises, what it leaves out and why that matters.

Use this first-page policy proposal checklist to identify the problem, intended audience and proposed action, then…
First name the goal. Then examine the tool, the trade-offs and the path to delivery. That sequence makes a proposal easier to understand.