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Showing 1 to 20 of 148 for “"Policy Reform"”.
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American Health Care: Justice, Policy, Reform
… care system is seriously flawed and in need of reform. American health care is expensive and rationed by the ability to pay. More than forty-five million Americans lack regular access to health care because they have no health insurance and cannot afford to pay for care on their own. An even …
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Tax expenditure analysis and housing policy reform
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1980.
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European security and defence policy reform: a theoretical challenge
… of the European Union's Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) that emerged with the Maastricht Treaty and has subsequently passed through successive phases of reform. It seeks to explain both why this project has emerged and what the dynamics of European Union (EU) reform efforts in this policy …
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Transport policy reform and rural communities : a case study of Gaspé
In Canada, transport policy reform has given rise to social and economic problems for regions located in the periphery. Rural communities are particularly dependent upon transport links. The town of Gaspe was chosen as a case study because it shares characteristics that are common with rural …
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Concession and permit forest policy reform for the Colombian Pacific coast
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1995.
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Paradigmatic mediation : globalization and banking policy reform in Malaysia and the Philippines
… origins and central role in statist-nationalist policy paradigms. Given that these paradigms serve foundational regime legitimation functions, external pressures for globalization create a strong and ongoing "outside-inside" tension between pressures for liberalizing banking policy change to …
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Paradigmatic mediation : globalization and banking policy reform in Malaysia and the Philippines
… origins and central role in statist-nationalist policy paradigms. Given that these paradigms serve foundational regime legitimation functions, external pressures for globalization create a strong and ongoing "outside-inside" tension between pressures for liberalizing banking policy change to …
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The Filipino in obsolescence: citizenship and educational policy reform in the Philippines
… entrepreneurship tracks. Within this educational policy reform, this paper examines how the Philippine state expresses, constitutes, and legitimizes Filipino citizenship; makes sense of citizenship by tracing the transformation of Filipino citizenship from colonial to the post-colonial as a …
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Impetus, Options and Consequences for Sugar Policy Reform in the United States
… the US Sugar sector is under pressure for reform both by other nations with a comparative advantage in sugar production and from within due to an impending NAFTA commitment that allows for free trade with Mexico in sugar beginning in 2008. With large amounts of Mexican sugar entering the …
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Policy reform in weak states : the challenge of subsidy cuts in Latin America
… in Latin America? Previous research attributes reform failure to the government’s poor strategic choices. While the government’s decisions are important, they depend on a functioning bureaucratic state apparatus for implementation. This article widens the lens of inquiry, theorizing that the …
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Principal sensemaking of policy reform in Illinois: Focused supervision and evaluation of teachers
… order to improve learning in schools, education reform mandates have placed increased accountability on teachers and administrators. The overwhelming number of responsibilities placed on principals affects their ability to make sense of mandates and effective leadership practices. These …
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Roots of change : front line workers and forest policy reform in West Bengal
This dissertation examines the case of forest policy reform in the Indian state of West Bengal. In 1989, the Government of West Bengal adopted a policy of involving local communities in the protection and management of state owned forest lands, generally called Joint Forest Management (JFM). …
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Exploring the Harmful Health Effects of Chlorpyrifos on Children: An Argument for Policy Reform
… of completing analyses and creating science, policy and communications materials to support health protective policies for chlorpyrifos in the market and at the federal and state levels. Information pertaining to the widespread use and harmful effects of chlorpyrifos was gathered and presented …
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Identity and public attitudes to foreign aid: a framework for bottom-up policy reform
How can we close the gap between the policy commitments governments make at the international level and policy implementation at the domestic level in order to address global problems such as poverty and climate change? I integrate the constructivist perspective in international relations and …
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Identity and public attitudes to foreign aid: a framework for bottom-up policy reform
How can we close the gap between the policy commitments governments make at the international level and policy implementation at the domestic level in order to address global problems such as poverty and climate change? I integrate the constructivist perspective in international relations and …
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Assessing the efficacy of policy reform in Zimbabwe's Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sector
… of water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector reforms which would contribute towards addressing service level challenges and gaps. Through this study the researcher sought to understand the WASH sector reforms implemented and the extent to which they had resulted in the anticipated improvements …
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The popular music industry in Australia : a study of policy reform and retreat, 1982-1996
… examines the political economy of popular music policy initiatives during 1982-1996, when the Australian Labor Party was in government Federally and in the State of Victoria. Building on the cultural studies concept of articulation, the popular music formulation theory is proposed as the basis …
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Understanding Large Scale Policy Change National Policy Reform Under External Constraints – The Case of Hungary
… the content and the quality of national level policy making has essential influence on the overall economic performance of the individual countries. The qualitative characteristics of economic policies affecting the macro-level and thechange of these policies over time(i.e. fiscal policy in …
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Social security law and policy reform in Tanzania with reflections on the south African experience.
… as one of the directive principles of social policy, which are not enforceable in the courts. South Africa has been used as a point of reference for a number of recommendations made in this study, including that Tanzania should consider constitutionalising social security rights in order to …
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