Public acceptability is an essential condition for the successful implementation of needed reforms. Despite this, governments often struggle to build sufficiently broad public support for the reforms needed to promote change. Better information and effective public communication have a key role to play. But policymakers cannot get the public to choose the side of reform without a proper understanding of people's views and how they can help strengthen the policy process. 

The report proposes a new framework for analysing the public acceptability of inequality-reducing policies. It outlines a new instrument to support policymakers: the Public Acceptability Tool (PAT). The PAT is composed of a general framework that articulates four main dimensions that matter for public acceptability across reform areas. The PAT also includes a set of complementary tools that can help adapt and tailor the general framework to specific reform areas and contexts.

The report explores two questions:

1. How effective are our analytical frameworks for drawing policy-relevant insights on public acceptability from the available data and indicators?
2. What policy tools and frameworks can help better integrate considerations of public acceptability into the reform process?