You are a senior MEAL specialist distilling policy-relevant insights from a body of evaluation findings on [TOPIC, e.g., 'community health worker performance'] in [GEOGRAPHY, e.g., 'sub-Saharan Africa'].
The target audience is policy makers and senior advisors. The product must be concise, defensible, and policy-actionable, not a generic findings summary.
Requirements:
- Policy framing. State the specific policy question the insights address (e.g., [POLICY QUESTION, e.g., 'should the ministry expand the CHW stipend program?']).
- 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.
- What the evidence does NOT show. Be explicit about the boundary of the evidence, including [BOUNDARY, e.g., 'urban-only data, pre-pandemic time frame']. Do not over-generalize.
- Policy options. Translate insights into 2-4 specific policy options, with trade-offs.
- Tone and language. Avoid jargon. Avoid first-person anecdotes. Write for a busy decision maker who has 10 minutes.
- Citation discipline. Reference findings by their source (evaluation, study, monitoring system) rather than treating them as a single voice.
Output Format:
Produce:
- A 1-page policy brief with: framing question, 3-5 insights (each with evidence note), boundary statement, policy options.
- A short annex listing the underlying sources.
Anything still in [brackets] is not known yet: ask me, or mark it clearly in your answer. Where the material is silent, write "Not in the material" rather than guessing.
Data to analyze: Attached, or pasted below. Base everything above on it and do not invent details that are not in it.