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The Quest for Subsidies Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa Region : A Microsimulation Approach to Policy Making

Araar, Abdelkrim; Verme, Paolo - 2017

The objective of this book is to capitalize on the work undertaken by the World Bank in the MENA Region between 2010 and 2014 using a particular model specifically designed for the distributional analysis of subsidies and the simulation of subsidies reforms. The model is called “SUBSIM” and...

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Some Remarks on Policy Making under Model Uncertainty

Barrieu, Pauline M. - 2017

Policy makers must often cope with circumstances where there is no consensual scientific model of the matter under consideration. We formally represent this situation as one of handling a robust optimization problem. This provides a framework to rigorously compare some commonly used approaches...

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"Community land" in Kenya: policy making, social mobilization, and struggle over legal entitlement

Di Matteo, Francesca - 2017

Stemming from colonial legacy, independent Kenya failed to recognize customary interests in land as possessing force as statutory derived rights. This lies at the heart of the so-called "land question" in Kenya. Moreover, issues related to land rights are perceived as the root causes of...

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Moving beyond input legitimacy : when do democratic innovations affect policy making?

Pogrebinschi, Thamy; Ryan, Matt - 2017

This article makes three key contributions to debates surrounding the effectiveness of democratic innovation, deliberation and participation in representative political systems. In the first instance, it argues that more attention should be paid to the role that participation actually plays in...

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Small is Beautiful, at Least in High-Income Democracies : The Distribution of Policy-Making Responsibility, Electoral Accountability, and Incentives for Rent Extraction

Hamilton, Alexander - 2017

circumspect and disputed. This paper explores how the distribution of policy-making responsibilities between electorally … accountable decision-makers and their electorally unaccountable public policy-making counterparts determines the optimal level of … variation in rent extraction is a significant finding, as it can enable analysts to predict how changes in policy-making …

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Policy Making in the Executive Branch of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic

Nogoibaeva, Cholpon - 2017

administrative authorities of the Kyrgyz Republic. Its main focus is the institutional framework of the public policy-making process … includes an analysis of a number of problems in policy making as well as recommendations to guide a transition in the system of …

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Valuing environmental health for informed policy-making

Máca, Vojtěch; Melichar, Jan; Ščasný, Milan; Braun … - 2017

taken in economic valuation may also substantially influence subsequent policy-making considerations. To demonstrate the … coal in electricity and heat generation vary under different policy-making perspectives and choice of monetary values for …

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Effective anti-corruption policy-making: What can we learn from experimental economics?

Boly, Amadou; Gillanders, Robert - 2017

Experimental studies have shown that deterrence (monitoring and punishment) can be an effective anti-corruption policy. Even when they themselves stand to lose, policymakers may enact deterrence policies with real teeth ... However, policymakers' legitimacy is crucial: a given deterrence policy...

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External Expertise in EU Policy-Making : The Quest for Transparency

Sgueo, Gianluca - 2017

External expertise plays an important role in European Union (EU) policymaking. In an increasingly complex multi-tiered environment, EU policymakers are requested to provide timely responses on a variety of issues in which several interests are at stake. External expertise provides the EU...

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Putting science at the heart of European policy making : Joint Research Centre's "amazing" journey bringing clarity to complexity, 25 Sept-13 Oct : exhibition at the piazza of the...

European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2017

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