Training Workshop on Environmental Economics & Policy Analysis, Harvard Institute for International Development Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A, 27 June- 29 July 1994

1994 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-303
Keyword(s):  
Policy Analysis ◽  
International Development ◽  
Environmental Economics ◽  
Training Workshop

Género, desarrollo y políticas públicas: La doble discrepancia de las aristas del poder

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-24
Author(s):  
Edith Kauffer
Keyword(s):  
Policy Analysis ◽  
International Development ◽  
Politiques Publiques ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Development Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Funding Agencies ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Gender Perspectives ◽  
Gender In Development

[Full article is in Spanish]English: Presently, international development organizations have adopted gender perspectives in all policy spheres as a transversal approach as a result of a process that has transited through different foci since the 1950s. Nonetheless, different studies have highlighted the fact that implementation is limited beyond the recurring discourses of governments, non-governmental organizations and funding agencies. We can speak of a discrepancy between rhetoric and practice around gender in development policies, a subject that lies on the edges of power. Furthermore, there is another discrepancy between policy analysis and a gender perspective, where we find little research that achieves a theoretical articulation between two traditions that somehow seem irreconcilable. This article aims to initiate a reflection on that which it identifies as a double discrepancy between gender and policies focused on the edges of power: the failure to integrate gender in development policies and the difficult theoretical articulation of gender within policy. Faced with this double discrepancy, the article proposes some points of convergence around an inclusion of power relations both as a goal of development policies and a policy analysis.Spanish: En la actualidad, las instituciones internacionales de desarrollo han adoptado la perspectiva de género en las políticas públicas en todos los ámbitos a través de la noción de transversalización y como resultado de un proceso que transitó por diversos enfoques desde los años 1950. Sin embargo, diversos estudios han puesto en evidencia que su concreción es poco real más allá del discurso recurrente de gobiernos, organizaciones no gubernamentales y agencias de financiamiento. Podemos hablar de 34 Regions & Cohesion • Summer 2016 una discrepancia entre el discurso y la práctica del género en las políticas de desarrollo cuya problemática radica en las aristas del poder. Además, existe otra discrepancia entre el análisis de políticas públicas y la perspectiva de género, donde encontramos pocos trabajos que logran una articulación teórica entre dos tradiciones que parecen en cierto modos irreconciliables. Este artículo pretende iniciar una refl exión acerca de lo que se propone identifi car como un doble discrepancia entre género y políticas públicas centrada en las aristas del poder: el fracaso de la inserción del género en las políticas de desarrollo y la difícil articulación teórica entre género y políticas públicas. Ante esta doble discrepancia, propone algunos puntos de convergencia en torno a una inclusión de las relaciones de poder a la vez como objetivo de las políticas de desarrollo y en el análisis de las políticas públicas.French: Les institutions internationales ont adopté à l’heure actuelle la perspective de genre dans tous les domaines des politiques publiques via la notion de transversalisation du genre qui est le résultat d’un processus qui a transité par diverses approches depuis les années 1950. Cependant, diverses études ont mis en évidence que sa concrétisation n’est guère réelle au-delà des discours récurrents des gouvernements, des organisations non gouvernementales et des agences de financement. Nous pouvons dès lors parler d’une divergence entre le discours et la pratique du genre dans les politiques de développement dont le choeur du problème réside dans les barbelés du pouvoir. De plus, il existe une autre divergence entre l’analyse des politiques publiques et la perspective de genre dans la mesure où nous trouvons peu de travaux qui proposent une articulation théorique entre deux traditions apparemment irréconciliables. Cet article prétend ouvrir une réfl exion sur cett e double divergence entre genre et politiques publiques centrée sur les barbelés du pouvoir et qui s’exprime par l’échec de l’insertion du genre dans les politiques de développement et par l’articulation diffi cile entre genre et politiques publiques. Face à cett e double divergence, la contribution propose quelques points de convergence autour d’une inclusion des relations de pouvoir en tant qu’objectifs des politiques de développement et dans l’analyse des politiques publiques.

scholarly journals Information and Communication Technologies in International Education: A Canadian Policy Analysis

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert C. Aucoin
Keyword(s):  
Policy Analysis ◽  
International Education ◽  
International Development ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Education Access ◽  
Economic Opportunities ◽  
Information And Communication

The rhetoric surrounding the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in international education speaks of providing education access for all. However, an examination of actual policies reveals an emphasis not on creating an educated population, but on improving economic opportunities using discourses such as globalization, knowledge economy, and knowledge society. This emphasis creates an imbalance in opportunities for using ICTs in education and presents challenges for international educators. This paper discusses the Canadian International Development Agency’s report, CIDA’s Strategy on Knowledge for Development through Information and Communication Technologies, as an example of how rhetoric does not always meet reality. The paper concludes with four simple recommendations for good ICT practice in developing contexts.

The Environment for Development Initiative: lessons learned in research, academic capacity building and policy intervention to manage resources for sustainable growth

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-391
Author(s):  
Thomas Sterner ◽  
Yonas Alem ◽  
Francisco Alpízar ◽  
Cyndi Spindell Berck ◽  
Carlos Alberto Chavez Rebolledo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
International Development ◽  
Environmental Economics ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approaches

AbstractThis article reviews the history of the Environment for Development (EfD) initiative, its activities in capacity building and policy-oriented research, and case studies at its centres in Chile, China, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania. EfD promotes research-based policies to manage natural resources as engines of development. Since 1991, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has provided funding for students from developing countries to earn a PhD at the Environmental Economics Unit (EEU) of the University of Gothenburg. Returning home, these economists face institutional and academic gaps that limit the adoption of research-based policies. In response, the first EfD centre was founded in 2004, and six more followed. Research focuses on agriculture, climate, fisheries, parks, wildlife, forestry, energy and policy design. This has yielded 200 peer-reviewed articles. Successful policy outcomes depend on relationships with policy makers, community involvement in livelihood strategies, strengthened institutional support, interdisciplinary approaches, and dissemination of research results.

Policy Analysis: Rent-to-Own May Be Only Option for Medicare Speech-Generating Devices

ASHA Leader ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Kander
Keyword(s):  
Policy Analysis

A new Medicare proposal that would change speech-generating devices from purchase-only equipment to rent-to-own equipment could be better for the patients who use them.

Policy Analysis: The Future of Medicare Outpatient Reimbursement

ASHA Leader ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-25
Author(s):  
Ingrida Lusis ◽  
Carol Polovoy
Keyword(s):  
Policy Analysis ◽  
The Future
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