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Showing 1 to 20 of 71 for “"policy processes"”.
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Policy processes in relation to language in Tanzania: Examining shifts in policy
… and other developing nations worldwide, language policy has become one of the most contested factors linked to achieving the ‘global imperative.’ Language is particularly vital because of its purported necessity in the design of developmental initiatives leading to economic recovery. In other …
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Policy Processes in Relation to Language in Tanzania: Examining Shifts in Language Policy
… and other developing nations worldwide, language policy has become one of the most contested factors linked to achieving the 'global imperative.' Language is particularly vital because of its purported necessity in the design of developmental initiatives leading to economic recovery. In other …
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Creating Values of Heritage: An Analysis of Policy Processes of Candidacy to UNESCO's World Heritage List
The thesis, in its analysis of the processes of candidacy to the World Heritage List, shows how the so-called Outstanding Universal Value is constructed.This is demonstrated through an empirical approach that examines four different case studies based on direct experience. The methodology is based …
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Assessment of capacity of the Ministry of Health to conduct health policy processes in the Republic of Tajikistan
The widely-recognised importance of robust health policy processes suggests the need for capacity to ensure these. Whilst research exists on capacity or policy processes, little is known about how these two are related. This study starts to fill this gap by developing a conceptual framework and …
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The politics of the welfare state in Japan : political leadership in the policy processes for social services, health care and public pensions
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 1987.
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Regime characteristics and health policy reform in the post-colonial state : a comparative case study of the influence of regime characteristics on health human resources policy and policy reform processes in Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, 1970-1990
… - on post-colonial health human resources policy processes within one sub-region: the Commonwealth Caribbean; with special reference to Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago (hereinafter called Trinidad) between 1970 to 1990. As I want to comparatively assess the role of these …
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A mixed method media analysis of the representation of the South African National Health Insurance Policy in the mainstream media from 2011 to 2019
… factor in shaping public opinion and setting policy agendas. There is limited research on the role of media in health policy processes in low- and middle-income countries. This study profiles South Africa as a case example, currently in the process of implementing a major health policy reform, …
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Discourses of Power and Resistance in the Water Policy Process of Delhi, India
… starting point a critique of linear version of policy making, this research attempts to explain how and why particular types of knowledge, practices and values get established in policy as well as the complex interplay of knowledge, power and agency in water policy processes of NCT Delhi, India.
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Actors, coalitions and the framework convention on climate change
This study examines the political processes through which the Framework Convention on Climate Change was negotiated and the initial efforts of the United States, the Netherlands, and Japan to adopt national policies and measures to implement it. Using the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) as a …
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National Evaluation Policy Narratives: The Happening of Kenya's National Evaluation Policy
… of how NEP subgroups influence evaluation policy processes in sub-Saharan countries like Kenya. This dissertation identifies and explains the processes and dynamics of establishing national evaluation policies. Such policies strengthen and structure national evaluation capacities (NECs), …
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Information without power? Exploring the challenges and opportunities in the usage of the Promotion of Access to Information Act no 50 of 2000 (PAIA) as a potent tool for advancing socio-economic justice in South Africa Langton Miriyoga.
… ensuring their inclusion in the governance and policy processes culminating in the realisation of their socio economic rights. Conversely, in spite of the opportunities for the usage of ATI law as a tool for advancing social justice, the state often retains the power to defy requests for access …
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E-cigarette use in Kuwait: prevalence, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs
… In addition, the PhD study examined health policy development and production in Kuwait in order to consider and recommend ways in which to inform e-cigarette policy development in Kuwait.<br/><br/>Initially, a systematic literature review and meta-analysis were conducted to evaluate the …
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Striving for security: State responses to violence under the FMLN government in El Salvador 2009-2014
… global South, more attention needs to be paid to policy processes. Institution building as set out in the literature about Security Sector Reform and statebuilding assumes that it is possible to provide security to all citizens of a state by building democratic state security institutions. …
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Girls' Education as a Means or End of Development? A Case Study of Gender and Education Policy Knowledge and Action in the Gambia
… capital, human rights, and human capabilities policy models in the context of the production and enactment of gender equality in education policy knowledge in The Gambia, a small, aid-dependent Muslim nation in West Africa. The purpose of the study was to assess the scope education policies …
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Translating Foreign Ideas into Domestic Practices : Pharmaceutical Policies in Laos and Vietnam
… The author seeks to further our understanding of policy diffusion and its dynamics by investigating how foreign ideas are integrated and translated into new contexts, and how these imported ideas influence national policymaking and implementation. The National Drug Policies in Laos and Vietnam are …
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Education Language Policy Process in Multilingual Societies: Global Visions and Local Agendas in India, Nigeria and Unesco
… comparative analysis examines education language policy process in India, Nigeria and UNESCO to understand the entrenchment of marginalizational language policies in spite of recent paradigm shifts in relevant scholarship. These include the shift from monolingualism to multilingualism as ideal for …
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The Role of Scientific Uncertainty in Polar Bear Conservation Policy: A Descriptive Analysis
… an integral component of both the scientific and policy processes. However, its misapplication can often compromise effective policy outcomes, as evidenced by polar bear conservation policy. An analysis of the US Endangered Species Act and The Convention on International Trade in Endangered …
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The policy making processes of the European Community
The thesis looks at the policy making processes of the European Community by testing four theoretical explanations against three cases. The reluctance to reform the Common Agricultural Policy, import restrictions on Japanese cars, and car exhaust emissions standards are the three cases examined. …
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Policy Development in the Tripartite Alliance, 2007-2012: An application of the Multiple Streams Framework
… base. The structure is a unique space for policy formulation and agenda setting and often finds itself in conflict about policy approaches and directives. In 2012 the National Development Plan (NDP) came into fruition and the period prior to its production saw policy consensus on …
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Bridging the research–policy gap: How to improve and institutionalize knowledge translation practices in health policies
… the urgent need to strengthen evidence-informed policy-making (EIP) to improve health systems and accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. In response, new knowledge translation (KT) initiatives and networks have been set up to facilitate and scale up research use in …
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