knowledge economy and society, that serve as flagships of postsecondary education worldwide (Aaltbach and Salmi 2011) . In addition, to their creation of knowledge, they play a key role in economic development, as cultural institutions and centers of policy and political dialogue. Bounded by the milieu in which-where the research institutions find themselves operating, their institutionaliszation is somewhat
problems by enacting or putting into place different policies at one time or the other. For example, in order to reduce the high rate of poverty in the country, the Federal Government introduced some policies aimed at reducing the poverty level by 2010. This was the case in Asari-Toru local government area of Rivers State. It is true that the Asari – Toru Local Government council both past and present have embarked on several developmental policies. Nevertheless, the incidence and scourge of poverty
In the article “Lost in America,” which was originally published in the magazine Foreign Policy in 2006, Douglas McGray questions the efficiency of the United States on its lack of foreign knowledge. Foreign Policy is an award winning journalism magazine that presents trusted international analysis and information regarding to leaders from government, business, finance, and the academic world. Douglas Mcgray is a well-known commentator on political and cultural issues whose writing has appeared on
social policy in Hong Kong before 1997. They are Residual social policy, Partial social policy, The Big Bang Social Policy, and The Incremental Social policy Phase 1 is Residual Social policy, which was between 1842 to 1952. At first, education was provided by Chinese teachers and some Christian churches. In 1842, the government gave a grant of land to Morrison Education Society, which was a missionary body and later gave grants to Chinese schools in
The What, Why, and the Need for the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has been paramount as well as the genesis for environmental protection across the board. “The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was one of the first laws ever written that establishes the broad national framework for protecting our environment.” (EPA) Through the NEPA, partnerships between both federal and private agencies is paramount for success; coordination is
Introduction The overarching guideline for policy-making (on all levels) is naturally the Constitution. Section 24 in the Bill of Rights clearly spells out the rights and duties towards the environment: Everyone has the right – (a) to an environment that is not harmful to their health or well-being; and(b) to have the environment protected, for the benefit of present and future generations, through reasonable legislative and other measures that – (i) prevent pollution and ecological degradation;
‘A Policy is making the process of changing an idea into an action. These ideas can come from many different places, such as: governments, ministers, politicians or even voluntary organisations’ (GOV, 2013). Polices can also change when their is a change of government. However a legislation is different as is it ‘ set laws that are made and signed by the government’ (Webster, 2014). These set laws are not meat to be broken has it is a legal requirement. There have been 40 green and white papers
CHAPTER-III ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: THE POLICY Environmental degradation affects national welfare by damaging human health, economic activities and ecosystems. Because environmental problems represent a classic externality,’ some government regulation is generally warranted. From an economist’s perspective, desirable regulation should weigh two factors: the benefits associated with reduced environmental damage, and the opportunity cost of mitigation. In reality, the extent and focus of government
«power» policy. That is why there is the need in new policies, that are based on «soft» and less aggressive interventions to appeal to the citizens. Ideas of behavioral economics proved to be extremely interesting for active politicians in many countries (the USA, the UK, Australia, France), and from different parts
Commission. The reviews indicated that the Human Rights Act has largely had a positive impact on public service delivery and the enjoyment of human rights. However, there are a number of barriers to the Human Rights Act's effectiveness: significant misconceptions about the Human Rights Act are held by sections of the media, general public and at times public authorities (including by frontline staff in public authorities on when the Human Rights Act is not relevant), a need to improve understanding