E-commerce and government policy initiatives for Malaysian SMEs: the need for assessment

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (10) ◽  
pp. 807-816 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Hashim
Keyword(s):  
Government Policy ◽  
Policy Initiatives

scholarly journals Policy Initiatives and Agricultural Performance in Post-independent Ghana

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 425-434
Author(s):  
Samuel Asuming-Brempong
Keyword(s):  
Government Policy ◽  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Policy Effects ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Agricultural Performance ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Export Crops ◽  
Policy Incentives

The central role agriculture plays in the development of Ghana’s economy has been recognized by several authors, particularly because Ghana’s economy is basically agrarian. Nevertheless, the contributions agriculture can make to economic development depend on the policy environment within which agriculture thrives. Several policies, both general and specific to agriculture, which have been pursued under various governments have either promoted or mitigated against the performance of agriculture in Ghana. This paper reviews the various policies under which Ghana's agricultural sector has operated since independence, and provides a synthesis of the major existing policies and recent changes and how these have affected the agricultural sector. The analysis shows that the socialist model of the 1960s contrasted sharply with the liberalized market approach of the 1980s and 1990s, particularly under structural adjustment. These differing policy orientations have had significant effects on agricultural performance in Ghana, and the roles of agriculture at different periods. For instance, the policy effects of agricultural activities on the environment, such as the promotion of export commodities, the exploitation of timber and forest resources, mining, and indiscriminate sale and use of agro-chemicals in Ghana have been negative. On the other hand, promotion of cash and export crops through government policy incentives have improved rural incomes for farmers that cultivate such crops, and helped to reduce poverty among this group. In general, the policy effects on agriculture in Ghana have been mixed.

scholarly journals The restructuring and privatisation trajectory in South Africa: tracing the historical public policy origins, purpose, methods and guidelines in the pre-1994 epoch

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-36
Author(s):  
Nyawo Gumede ◽  
Kwame Asmah-Andoh ◽  
Md Humayun Kabir
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
South African ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
South African Government ◽  
African Government ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Original Definition

Many perspectives have been propounded and written about the restructuring and privatisation reform. However, this paper endeavours to give a South African approach to the reform profoundly delving into its historical approach on the original definition, methods, factors, criteria and goals of the reform. This paper seeks to demonstrate that this reform has its origins in the apartheid government policy which was intended at strengthening and revitalising the apartheid political economy in the 1980s. The thinking that the private sector runs enterprises in a more efficient, effective, competitive and profitable way and that such an approach may be applied to the State Owned Enterprises with success in an effort to reduce government debt and improving the operational performance, attracted the then South African government into adopting this neoliberal trajectory. State Owned Enterprises compared to their private counterparts performed poorly and suffered heavy losses and ultimately drained government financially. The then South African government initiated a white paper on privatisation and deregulation in 1987 which culminated in the implementation of the restructuring and privatisation reform in South Africa. Thus, this paper posits that the privatisation and restructuring reform originated from the then South African government policy initiatives in the 1980s.

Collaborative Governance Matters to E-Government Interoperability

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akemi Takeoka Chatfield ◽  
Jazem AlAnazi
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Process Integration ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Technological Changes ◽  
Implementation Challenges ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Government Services

E-government policy initiatives for implementing citizen-centric integrated interoperable (CII) e-government services have gained international validity by governments worldwide. Despite extensive deliberations in e-government literature, however, successfully implementing strategic, institutional, and technological changes required by citizen-centric (vis-à-vis government-centric) e-government remains an unresolved theoretical and pragmatic conundrum. CII e-government systems are characterized by greater diversity in stakeholders, processes, technologies, applications, and big data, requiring greater cross-agency collaboration and process integration/standardization. Drawing from e-government interoperability and governance literatures, the authors examined the governance role in facilitating CII e-government implementation. The authors performed website and policy analyses of a successful implementation of Saudi Ministry portal, which exemplifies CII e-services. Results showed that government's earlier disconnected websites had not facilitated cross-agency information sharing required for citizen-centric e-government development. However, the authors found evidence that both e-government interoperability policy framework and collaborative governance had contributed to overcoming the implementation challenges and delivering CII e-government services to its diverse stakeholders.

scholarly journals Currents of Change: Early Childhood Education in 2001

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Education Policy ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Early Childhood Education Policy ◽  
Market Framework

This article argues that the rights of children should be at the heart of early childhood education policy development. It describes the free market framework inherited by the current government, highlights inequalities for children in income and participation in early childhood education and describes policy initiatives. These are analysed against yardsticks for effective government policy for children. The article concludes that there is currently a new valuing of early childhood education, and significant shifts in policy are in train. However, key to the success of these shifts will be the government’s willingness to prioritise early childhood education and make hard decisions about planning, coordination and funding, or the policies will be unworkable.

Collaborative Governance Matters to E-Government Interoperability

2015 ◽  
pp. 970-992
Author(s):  
Akemi Takeoka Chatfield ◽  
Jazem AlAnazi
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Process Integration ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Technological Changes ◽  
Implementation Challenges ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Government Services

E-government policy initiatives for implementing citizen-centric integrated interoperable (CII) e-government services have gained international validity by governments worldwide. Despite extensive deliberations in e-government literature, however, successfully implementing strategic, institutional, and technological changes required by citizen-centric (vis-à-vis government-centric) e-government remains an unresolved theoretical and pragmatic conundrum. CII e-government systems are characterized by greater diversity in stakeholders, processes, technologies, applications, and big data, requiring greater cross-agency collaboration and process integration/standardization. Drawing from e-government interoperability and governance literatures, the authors examined the governance role in facilitating CII e-government implementation. The authors performed website and policy analyses of a successful implementation of Saudi Ministry portal, which exemplifies CII e-services. Results showed that government's earlier disconnected websites had not facilitated cross-agency information sharing required for citizen-centric e-government development. However, the authors found evidence that both e-government interoperability policy framework and collaborative governance had contributed to overcoming the implementation challenges and delivering CII e-government services to its diverse stakeholders.

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