Policy choices can help keep 4G and 5G universal broadband affordable

This paper synthesizes and develops research undertaken by participants in The North-South Institute project, "Macroeconomic policy choices for growth and poverty reduction" in low- income developing countries.1 The project analysed the features of poverty and growth in seven poor countries of varying circumstances and proposed macroeconomic and growth policies for poverty reduction for them. The research was guided by the question: "How does poverty inform growth strategy?" Our research provides evidence of the channels through which growth and distribution or poverty processes depend on each other and respond to policy together. We encapsulate the messages of these case studies in the following six propositions, discussed at length in the paper: i) macroeconomic stability reduces poverty; ii) land redistribution enhances growth; iii) income poverty traps constrain growth; iv) urban-rural growth disparities drive income inequality; v) regional poverty traps resist growth, and vi) ley growth policies can aggravate poverty gaps. The propositions suggest growth policies that may be either of two types in terms of impact on growth and distribution. They have the potential to enhance both growth and distribution (win-win) or to enhance growth while aggravating income gaps or vice versa (win-lose).

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Policy Diffusion or Insulation? Global Policy Choices and American Public Opinion

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.1754959 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Nathan M. Jensen ◽

René Lindstädt ◽

Justin Leinaweaver

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

Policy Diffusion ◽

Global Policy ◽

Policy Choices

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When Is the Direct Democracy Paradigm a Reasonable Guide for Policy Choices in a Representative Democracy?

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.236028 ◽

2000 ◽

Author(s):

Yossi Spiegel ◽

Alex Cukierman

Keyword(s):

Direct Democracy ◽

Representative Democracy ◽

Policy Choices

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Intra-African Trade, Digital Technologies and Canada's Foreign Policy Choices

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3177505 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Fred Olayele

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

Digital Technologies ◽

Policy Choices

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Private Capital Participation: Choices and Constraints

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.1992.0636 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 26 (7-8) ◽

pp. 1915-1920

Author(s):

D. Kinnersley

Keyword(s):

Wastewater Treatment ◽

Pollution Control ◽

Private Capital ◽

Role Of Government ◽

Policy Choices ◽

Government Role ◽

Private Participation ◽

The Government ◽

Participation Frameworks

The scope for involving private capital participation in wastewater treatment and pollution control is attracting attention in a number of countries. After noting briefly some influences giving rise to this trend, this paper discusses frameworks in which such participation may be developed. In some aspects, there are choices available and it is essential to shape the private participation appropriately to the community's situation and problems, with due recognition of the hazards also involved. In other aspects, policy choices are more constrained, and there are requirements which it is suggested all private participation frameworks should provide for as clearly as possible. Effective private participation generally depends on re-designing and strengthening the role of government as the scale of its former role is reduced. Getting this re-design of the government role right is at least as important as making appropriate choices for format of private participation.

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Political Cleavages and Political Parties

10.1093/oso/9780198830986.003.0006 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Russell J. Dalton

Keyword(s):

Political Parties ◽

Dimensional Space ◽

New Left ◽

Party Systems ◽

European Parliament ◽

Two Dimensional ◽

Far Right ◽

Policy Positions ◽

Cultural Policies ◽

Policy Choices

This chapter uses the cleavage positions of Candidates to the European Parliament (CEPs) to as representative of their parties’ political positions. Three surveys of CEPs track the evolution of party supply in European party systems. In 1979 parties were primarily aligned along a Left–Right economic cleavage. Gradually new left and Green parties began to compete in elections and crystallized and represented liberal cultural policies. In recent decades new far-right parties arose to represent culturally conservative positions. The cross-cutting cultural cleavage has also prompted many of the established parties to alter their policy positions. In most multiparty systems, political parties now compete in a fully populated two-dimensional space. This increases the supply of policy choices for the voters. The analyses are based on the Candidates to the European Parliament Studies in 1979, 1994, and 2009.

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Direct Democracy and Public Policy

The Oxford Handbook of Public Choice, Volume 2 ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190469771.013.17 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 362-379

Author(s):

John Matsusaka

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Direct Democracy ◽

Median Voter ◽

Extensive Literature ◽

Fiscal Policies ◽

Policy Choices ◽

American States ◽

Conservative Policy ◽

Initiative Process ◽

Swiss Cantons

An extensive literature seeks to measure the effect of the initiative and referendum on public policies. Several conclusions emerge: The initiative and referendum have different effects on policy. Requiring popular approval of fiscal policies (mandatory referendums) results in lower expenditure, taxes, and debt. The initiative process gives voters more power and results in policies closer to the median voter preference; this often has reduced spending (American states, Swiss cantons), but sometimes has increased spending (cities). The initiative is associated with more socially conservative policy choices. Spurious correlation is a concern in many studies, and more research on causality is needed.

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