scholarly journals “Economic Correctness” and Agricultural Economics

1993 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph D. Christy
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Strategic Behavior ◽  
Agricultural Economics ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Competitive Markets ◽  
Imperfectly Competitive ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Public Decision

AbstractThis address is directed toward applied economists as they provide information to private and public decision makers. Central to this discussion is the role of markets as institutions in achieving society's desired ends. Current “economic correctness”–the view that unfettered markets are superior in achieving efficiency, growth, and welfare-has attempted to return a larger role to the private sector, but the relative roles of market-oriented versus government-oriented solutions to problems are often not well appraised. Views presented herein calls for agricultural economists to move simultaneously toward an understanding of the strategic behavior of firms in imperfectly competitive markets and toward an adoption of policy analysis consistent with a socially complex and globally integrated economy.

4. Public Law

2019 ◽  
pp. 94-127
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Fisher ◽  
Bettina Lange ◽  
Eloise Scotford
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Constitutional Law ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Aarhus Convention ◽  
Constituent Elements ◽  
Public Decision

This chapter explains the important role that public law, particularly administrative law, plays in environmental law. This role comes about because much of environmental law requires vesting decision-making and regulatory power in the hands of public decision-makers at all levels of government. This chapter begins by providing an overview of the different constituent elements of public law: constitutional law, administrative law, the role of the EU and international law, as well the complexities of this area of law. The chapter then moves on to consider the way in which the different types of interests involved in environmental problems and the need for information and expertise provide challenges for public law. The chapter then provides an overview of four major features of public law that are particularly relevant to environmental lawyers: the Aarhus Convention, accountability mechanisms, judicial review, and human rights.

scholarly journals Morale and Faculty Development in Agricultural Economics

1993 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne D. Purcell
Keyword(s):  
Faculty Development ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Agricultural Economics ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Young Professional ◽  
Economics Profession ◽  
Building Rapport

AbstractMorale and faculty development are closely related. The agricultural economics profession must decide what it is about. There is room to practice the principle of comparative advantage and allow a degree of specialization in teaching, extension, and research. To continue in the role of an applied discipline, there must also be an opportunity for the young professional to establish rapport with, and understanding of, the private sector and the policy-making arena. If that is to happen, there must be encouragement in the institutional setting and by faculty colleagues who respect the importance of investment in building rapport and in establishing credibility. If that environment is present, morale should be good and faculty development will occur.

scholarly journals Universities as ‘Drivers’ of Local and Regional Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 134-152
Author(s):  
Marius Constantin PROFIROIU ◽  
Maria-Roxana BRIȘCARIU
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
North West ◽  
The Public ◽  
The North ◽  
Innovation And Technology ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The University

"The society based on knowledge and innovation brings to the fore the role of universities as research and learning spaces, with the purpose for sustainable development, at local, regional, national and global levels. Following this approach, we explore the capacity of spreading the knowledge and innovation capital in the North-West region of Romania between universities, the private sector and the public sector. Also, the study explores the role taken by the university system in Romania, locally and regionally, emphasizing what type of relationship defines the exchange of outputs and what are the most useful know-how transfer mechanisms from universities to the private and public sectors. The empirical research in this paper has shown that there is a growing relationship between universities – private sector – public sector, which is characterized as ‘in an incipient phase’, ‘based on urgent needs of the parties’. All of the actors involved in this triad want to develop the links between universities – private sector – public sector in communication, research, innovation and technology, and they suggest standardization and regulation of this interaction and developing a legal framework to correspond to the actual needs at local and regional levels."

France

2019 ◽  
pp. 170-189
Author(s):  
Laurent Neyret
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Precautionary Principle ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Private And Public

This chapter examines the important aspects of environmental law in France. It first provides an overview of how powers are allocated with regards to environmental law in France, with particular emphasis on the major trends in the construction of environmental law such as its codification and constitutionalization and the expansion of environmental governance to private law instruments. The discussion then turns to the structure and substance of environmental law in France, taking into account private and public law instruments used in environmental protection. The chapter also analyses the application of environmental rules through the central government, local governments, specialized agencies, and courts. Finally, it looks at some selected issues which have been recently addressed in French environmental law, including the application of the precautionary principle, the remediation of ecological damage, the protection of the environment through criminal law, and the role of the private sector in protecting the environment.

scholarly journals Die proses van partikuliere en openbare besluitneming

1983 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-87
Author(s):  
S. S. Brand
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Public ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
The One ◽  
Two Sectors ◽  
Public Decision ◽  
Public Decision Making

Private and public decision-making The interaction between the private and public sectors is important in South Africa. Much criticism is expressed by the one sector against the other. This can be partly attributed to an incomplete understanding of the processes of decision-making in the two sectors, and of the differences between them. A comparison is drawn between the most important elements of the decision-making processes in the two sectors. Public decision-making deals mostly with matters concerning the community and the economy as a whole, whereas private decision-making is concerned mostly with parts of the whole. The aims at which decision-making in the two sectors are directed, differ accordingly, as do the perceptions of the respective decision-makers of the environment in which they make decisions. As a consequence, the criteria for the success of a decision also differ substantially between the two sectors. The implications of these differences between private and public decision-making for the approach to inflation and the financing of housing, are dealt with as examples. Finally, differences between the ways in which decisions are implemented in the two sectors, also appear to be an important cause of much of the criticism from the private sector about decision-making in the public sector.

scholarly journals An Evaluation of Crop Forecast Accuracy for Corn and Soybeans: USDA and Private Information Agencies

2003 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thorsten M. Egelkraut ◽  
Philip Garcia ◽  
Scott H. Irwin ◽  
Darrel L. Good
Keyword(s):  
Private Information ◽  
Forecast Accuracy ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Forecast Errors ◽  
Recent Period ◽  
Soybean Production ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Public Decision

Using 1971-2000 data, we examine the accuracy of corn and soybean production forecasts provided by the USD A and two private agencies. All agencies improved their forecasts as the harvest progressed, and forecast errors were highly correlated and unbiased. The relative forecast accuracy of the agencies varied by crop and month. For corn, USDA's forecasts ranked as most accurate of the three agencies in all periods except for August during the recent period and improved most markedly as harvest progressed. For soybeans, forecast errors were very similar, with the private agencies ranking as most accurate for August and September and making largest relative improvements for August during the recent period. The USDA forecasts were dominant for October and November. Our findings identify several patterns of relative forecast accuracy that have implications for private and public decision makers.

scholarly journals ROLE OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AND URBAN SECTOR OF INDIA

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-74
Author(s):  
Krishna Somani ◽  
Dr. Ankita Singh Rao
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Land Acquisition ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Basic Requirement ◽  
Infrastructure Projects ◽  
Urban Sector ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Private And Public

Infrastructure is the basic requirement for development of any business or any city or country. The development of any civilization takes place when the infrastructure develops. In this paper the development in few sectors like finance, land acquisition and planning related to technologies, water, telecommunication, and energy are covered with the upcoming planning and strategies to solve the issues. If infra develops every sector of society will develop in every aspect. Government Infrastructure Projects (PPP), Government Infrastructure Projects (Traditional Procurement) and Private Sector Projects are serving in development in infrastructure. KEY WORDS: Infrastructure, private and public investors, India, technologies, water, telecommunication, and energy.

Policy analysis in advisory councils

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Flamand
Keyword(s):  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Organizational Capabilities ◽  
Fourth Section ◽  
The Third ◽  
Advisory Boards ◽  
Public Advisory ◽  
Definition Of

This chapter explores the increasing and rather prominent role of public advisory boards in the Mexican federal government with emphasis on policy analysis instruments and methods, conditions for sound analysis, and existing organizational capabilities. The chapter is organized into four sections. The first provides a definition of the term “advisory boards”, given its different and at times contradictory uses. The second section describes the construction and criteria used to build the first universe of advisory boards in the Mexican federal government, circa 2015. The third part presents a comparative analysis of two of the most influential advisory boards in Mexico: CONEVAL, devoted to the evaluation of social policy, and INECC, in charge of providing technical and scientific advice to environmental decision makers. The fourth section discusses the main findings and presents conclusions.

scholarly journals Investigation into the Nature and Causes of Students’ Conflicts, Strategies and Role of Academic Personnel in Conflicts Resolution in Universities of Khyber Pakhtun Khwa

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Idris ◽  
Riasat Ali ◽  
Abdul Ghaffar
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Academic Personnel

This paper focused on the investigation of the nature and causes of students’ conflicts, strategies and role of academic personnel in both sectors universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The objectives of the study were; to investigate the nature and causes of conflict, to find out the strategies employed in conflict resolution and to investigate the role of academic personnel in the resolution of conflicts in universities. The study was descriptive and survey and conducted to investigate the research problem. Ten (10) universities were taken as sample of the study from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Self-developed questionnaires were used to collect the data from the respondents. The collected data were put into SPSS and were analyzed through mean scores, standard deviation, independent sample t-test and Cohen’s d. Findings of the study showed that nature of conflicts is different in both private and public sector universities; it was further found that causes as well as resolution strategies followed in both the universities are also different. The role of private sector academic personnel was found significant in resolving the conflicts arise among students at universities. Based on the study results it was recommended that policy implementation at universities may be fair and uniform. Furthermore, autonomy may be given to the academic personnel of the universities so that they could properly resolve the conflicts

scholarly journals An Establishment Of The Role Of Private And Public Sector Interests In The Context Of Tourism Transport Planning And Development: The Case Of Malaysia

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Cheuk ◽  
Janie Liew-Tsonis ◽  
Grace Phang Ing ◽  
Izyanti Awang Razli
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Transport Planning ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
The Public ◽  
Private And Public

Although 90% of the tourism industry consists of small businesses, the approach of consecutive governments in Malaysia is that tourism has reached a stage where its promotion and funding is the responsibility of the private sector.  When national and regional tourist promotional boards were established, it was the intention that these would act as a vehicle for cooperation between the public and private sectors.  This has proved to be extremely optimistic, with only a small number of tourism businesses actually joining in the decision-making processes of the direction for tourism development.  The role of tourism development has been further undermined with the increasing rate of tourist arrivals, further implicating the control of public-sector resources, while governments place reliance on private/public partnerships as the model for the future.   This research paper reports on the findings of a two-year study on the promotion of transportation in tourism development in Malaysia.  It establishes the role of private and public sector interests in the context of tourism transport planning and development.  A qualitative approach to in-depth interviews was conducted with respondents from the public sector (policy makers and local authority and government agency representatives) and the private sector (tour and travel agents) in Malaysia.  The empirical evidence has shown that implementing stakeholders within the tourism industry are receptive to the promotion of transportation and aware of the differing roles each sector plays in the context of tourism transport planning and development.  However, they do not fully exploit the complementary role played by the other sector for mutual benefit via consultations and public private partnerships at the planning stage.

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