BACKGROUND Heightened fiscal constraints, increases in the chronic disease burden and in consumer expectations are among several factors contributing to the global interest in evidence-informed health policy. The present article builds on previous work that explored how the Australian Federal Government applied five instruments of policy, or policy levers, to implement a series of reforms under...

This paper examines downward price rigidity in Iranian house market and discusses whether this characteristic would result in an asymmetric relationship between house price and monetary policy. To test the downward house price rigidity the threshold GARCH model is employed. The asymmetric adjustment to monetary policy is examined using the asymmetric cointegration and error correction models. T...

TITLE OF DISSERTATION: ESSAYS ON OPTIMAL AID AND FISCAL POLICY IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES Ryan Niladri Banerjee, Doctor of Philosophy, 2010 Dissertation directed by: Professor Enrique G. Mendoza Department of Economics Essay I: Which countries receive aid as insurance and why? A theory of optimal aid policy Empirical evidence shows that developing countries with opaque institutions receive procycl...

This article presents an historical account of the governing principles of e-government in Denmark from 1994 to present day. With a point of some policy analytical themes and with empirical data retrieved from elite interviews and official documents, we are presenting the history of the governing of e-government. Based on notions such as e.g. centralising-decentralising; bureaucracy-networks we...

This research examines the Implementation of Village Asset Management System (SIPADES) Policy in Realizing Good Governance Government Pekalongan Regency. problem is interesting to study because at this time village has room carry out governance. The method used descriptive qualitative. data sources consist primary with a total 5 informants and secondary 3 types documents. Data collection techni...

The literature on government responsiveness to societal issues is extensive but provides a mixed assessment of effectiveness. We examine this issue in the case of policy addressing effective and safe management of research and development in the emerging field of nanotechnology. Specifically, we examine the agenda setting effects of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (...

BACKGROUND Appropriate infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices are essential for nutrition of infants and young children. Bangladesh has one of the highest levels of malnutrition globally along with sub-optimal IYCF practices. A supportive policy environment is essential to ensure that effective IYCF interventions are scaled up. The objectives of our study were to assess the support for...

This study evaluated the extent to which current status of e-government implementation in Nigeria conforms to the national IT policy strategy. The study is based on content analysis of the official websites of the thirty six states and the federal capital territory of the country. It focuses on the content, functional and construction features of the websites. It was found that, out of the thir...

This paper examines notions of ‘educational time’ with particular reference to the work of Basil Bernstein. It focuses closely on the 1967 Plowden Report as a particularly appropriate policy case study to demonstrate how different constructions of time can exist within the same document. It then develops educational models originally mapped out by Bernstein, arguing that a full understanding of...