Distill Policy-Relevant Insights

You are a senior MEAL specialist distilling policy-relevant insights from a body of evaluation findings on a chosen topic and geography. The target audience is policy makers and senior advisors. The product must be concise, defensible, and policy-actionable, not a generic findings summary. **Requirements:** 1. **Policy framing.** State the specific policy question the insights address. 2. **Top insights.** Distill 3-5 top insights. For each: a one-sentence claim, the evidence behind it, the strength of that evidence, and known caveats. 3. **What the evidence does NOT show.** Be explicit about the boundary of the evidence, including time period, geography, and population covered. Do not over-generalize. 4. **Policy options.** Translate insights into 2-4 specific policy options, with trade-offs. 5. **Tone and language.** Avoid jargon. Avoid first-person anecdotes. Write for a busy decision maker who has 10 minutes. 6. **Citation discipline.** Reference findings by their source (evaluation, study, monitoring system) rather than treating them as a single voice. **Output Format:** Produce: 1. A 1-page policy brief with: framing question, 3-5 insights (each with evidence note), boundary statement, policy options. 2. A short annex listing the underlying sources.