Policy development is the process through which public authorities identify policy problems, establish objectives, formulate and assess alternative courses of action, and develop proposals for authoritative decision-making. It involves defining the nature and scope of a public problem, gathering and interpreting relevant evidence, consulting affected stakeholders, assessing the feasibility and likely consequences of policy options, and selecting appropriate instruments, such as legislation, regulation, public expenditure, or information provision ^[1][2]. The process is shaped by institutional arrangements, political priorities, available resources, competing interests, and administrative capacity. Although policy development is often represented as part of a policy cycle, its stages are not necessarily sequential or clearly separated. New evidence, political negotiations, implementation constraints, and public feedback may lead to the reconsideration of earlier decisions. Policy development is therefore an iterative process that connects problem definition and policy design with formal decision-making, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation ^[1][3].