There is an implicit assumption in most policy studies that once a policy has been formulated the policy will be implemented. This assumption is invalid for policies formulated in many Third World ...

Regardless of whether it is a country or a commercial organisation, there are so many good policy initiatives that lie buried within the confines of a file cover, those that may not have been dusted, ...

Implementation of any public policy is of pivotal concern, and its successful realisation hangs on several conditions. An expert on the subject, Dean L. Fixsen, observes "implementation is decidedly a ...

Governments have multiple tools at their disposal which may help in successfully designing policies, but these can be confusing or contradictory, or both. Smart Policy Design and Implementation, which ...

This paper presents a method to characterize policy implementation across states to enable more nuanced impact assessments of federal healthcare delivery system and payment reforms. Objectives: An ...

India's global education development goal aims to offer equitable, impartial, and inclusive quality education that promotes possibilities for lifelong learning by 2030. In this global context, the ...

Policy failure, or the discrepancy between expected and actual outcomes, is one of the biggest problems facing government and decision-makers. However, the desire of governments, both national and ...

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, has identified inconsistency and lack of coherence as major obstacles to effective policy management in Nigeria, warning that ...