Assessing the Effect of Resilience Policies Directed toward Business and Individuals

In chapters 5 and 6, we ask whether the most common intentional efforts to bring about recovery through public policy or civic action that we identified in the previous two chapters was likely to have made a difference. We do so by first, setting forth and discussing the logic underlying the policy, i.e., why and under what circumstances the policy might (or might not) be expected to have an effect on regional economic resilience or development. We then summarize the existing research literature that evaluates the specific policies and over what time frames they are likely to occur. Chapter 5 considers policies intended to aid specific businesses and individuals: business tax incentives; industry targeting and cluster policy; technical assistance to firms; and entrepreneurial assistance and promotion.

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Assessing the Effect of Resilience Policies Directed toward Public Goods, Institutions, and Leadership

Coping with Adversity ◽

10.7591/cornell/9780801451690.003.0007 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Harold Wolman ◽

Howard Wial ◽

Travis St. Clair ◽

Edward Hill

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Human Capital ◽

Economic Development ◽

Public Goods ◽

Workforce Development ◽

Research Literature ◽

Civic Action ◽

Economic Resilience ◽

Development Organizations ◽

Time Frames

In chapters 6, we ask whether the most common intentional efforts to bring about recovery through public policy or civic action that we identified in the previous two chapters was likely to have made a difference. We do so by first, setting forth and discussing the logic underlying the policy, i.e., why and under what circumstances the policy might (or might not) be expected to have an effect on regional economic resilience or development. We then summarize the existing research literature that evaluates the specific policies and over what time frames they are likely to occur. Chapter 6 considers approaches related to the provision of public goods and to improve the operation of the region’s economy: human capital, education, and workforce development; infrastructure improvement; amenity improvement and creation; restructuring of economic development organizations; and leadership.

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The need for a Net Zero Principles Framework to support public policy at local, regional and national levels

Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit ◽

10.1177/0269094220984742 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 35 (7) ◽

pp. 627-634

Author(s):

Karen Turner ◽

Antonios Katris ◽

Julia Race

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Carbon Capture ◽

Carbon Capture And Storage ◽

Economic Returns ◽

Net Zero ◽

Local Areas ◽

Zero Carbon ◽

Near Term ◽

And Storage ◽

Do So

Many nations have committed to midcentury net zero carbon emissions targets in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement. These require systemic transition in how people live and do business in different local areas and regions within nations. Indeed, in recognition of the climate challenge, many regional and city authorities have set their own net zero targets. What is missing is a grounded principles framework to support what will inevitably be a range of broader public policy actions, which must in turn consider pathways that are not only technically, but economically, socially and politically feasible. Here, we attempt to stimulate discussion on this issue. We do so by making an initial proposition around a set of generic questions that should challenge any decarbonisation action, using the example of carbon capture and storage to illustrate the importance and complexity of ensuring feasibility of actions in a political economy arena. We argue that this gives rise to five fundamental ‘Net Zero Principles’ around understanding of who really pays and gains, identifying pathways that deliver growing and equitable prosperity, some of which can deliver near-term economic returns, while avoiding outcomes that simply involve ‘off-shoring’ of emissions, jobs and gross domestic product.

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Use of ICT in Teacher Education

International Journal of Indian Psychology ◽

10.25215/0204.013 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Mr. Parmanand Barodiya ◽

Mr. Saurveer Singh ◽

Mrs. Anupam Choudhary

Keyword(s):

Professional Development ◽

Teacher Education ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Technical Assistance ◽

Education Institution ◽

School Curriculum ◽

Knowledge And Skills ◽

Integration Of Technology ◽

Teacher Education Institution ◽

Do So

Professional development to incorporate ICTs into teaching and learning is an ongoing process. Teacher education curriculum needs to update this knowledge and skills as the school curriculum change. The teachers need to learn to teach with digital technologies, even though many of them have not been taught to do so. The aim of teacher training in this regard can be either teacher education in ICTs or teacher education through ICTs. A teacher‘s professional development is central to the overall change process in education. In planning the integration of technology in Teacher education it is important for teacher education, Institution to understand the knowledge and skills necessary for teachers to effectively use ICT in their instructions. Teachers need technical assistance to use and maintain technology. In this paper discuses to study of Teacher education, to know the Significance of ICT in teacher education and to provide the some Suggestions of teacher education.

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Price Elasticities of Charitable Giving across Donation Sectors in Canada: Is the Tax Incentive Effective?

ISRN Economics ◽

10.5402/2012/421789 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2012 ◽

pp. 1-6 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Belayet Hossain ◽

Laura Lamb

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Charitable Giving ◽

Tax Incentives ◽

Tax Credit ◽

Credit System ◽

Charitable Donation ◽

Price Elasticities ◽

Tax Incentive

The effectiveness of tax incentives on charitable donation expenditures in Canada is explored, and the analysis is extended to compare the effectiveness across different donation sectors. Price elasticities are estimated with data from the 2007 Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating. Results suggest that specific charitable sectors are affected differently by Canada’s tax credit system. The findings have implications for public policy.

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Firearm Instrumentality: Do Guns Make Violent Situations More Lethal?

Annual Review of Criminology ◽

10.1146/annurev-criminol-061020-021528 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Anthony A. Braga ◽

Elizabeth Griffiths ◽

Keller Sheppard ◽

Stephen Douglas

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Online Publication ◽

Gun Violence ◽

Gun Control ◽

Annual Review ◽

Publication Date ◽

Considerable Evidence ◽

Policy Interventions ◽

Firearm Availability ◽

Do So

One of the central debates animating the interpretation of gun research for public policy is the question of whether the presence of firearms independently makes violent situations more lethal, known as an instrumentality effect, or whether determined offenders will simply substitute other weapons to affect fatalities in the absence of guns. The latter position assumes sufficient intentionality among homicide assailants to kill their victims, irrespective of the tools available to do so. Studies on the lethality of guns, the likelihood of injury by weapon type, offender intent, and firearm availability provide considerable evidence that guns contribute to fatalities that would otherwise have been nonfatal assaults. The increasing lethality of guns, based on size and technology, and identifiable gaps in existing gun control policies mean that new and innovative policy interventions are required to reduce firearm fatalities and to alleviate the substantial economic and social costs associated with gun violence. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Criminology, Volume 4 is January 13, 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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Part V Safeguarding the Process, 11 Exclusionary Rules of Evidence

10.1093/law/9780198753506.003.0011 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Sourgens Frédéric Gilles ◽

Duggal Kabir ◽

Laird Ian A

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

High Standard ◽

International Arbitration ◽

Standard Of Proof ◽

Rules Of Evidence ◽

Evaluation Of Evidence ◽

Material Evidence ◽

Do So

This chapter outlines the exclusionary rules of evidence. In the context of investor-state arbitration proceedings, all evidence proffered by the parties is admitted into the record in the absence of exceptional circumstances. A party seeking to exclude evidence typically carries the burden to convince the tribunal that it should exclude the evidence in question. In seeking to do so, it will have to meet a reasonably high standard of proof. Consequently, exclusion of evidence is warranted only in the limited circumstances when its inclusion would violate another party’s right to be heard, the equality of the parties, or fundamental principles of international public policy. Given the exceptional nature of excluding relevant and material evidence in international arbitration, the burden is on the party seeking to exclude evidence. The exceptional nature of these limitations indicates the premium placed by international arbitration on the free evaluation of evidence by the arbitrators.

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Coping with adversity: Regional economic resilience and public policy

Journal of Urban Affairs ◽

10.1080/07352166.2019.1575151 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 41 (8) ◽

pp. 1225-1227

Author(s):

Todd Swanstrom

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Economic Resilience ◽

Regional Economic

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Ownership Redirection in Franchised Channels

Journal of Public Policy & Marketing ◽

10.1177/074391569201100104 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 33-44 ◽

Cited By ~ 71

Author(s):

Rajiv P. Dant ◽

Patrick J. Kaufmann ◽

Audhesh K. Paswan

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Policy Implications ◽

The Public ◽

Dual Distribution ◽

Do So

Since the typical franchise arrangements permit the more powerful franchisors to simultaneously act as suppliers as well as competitors to their franchisees, apprehensions about potential opportunistic behaviors and allegations of antitrust violations are not uncommon. In turn, this unique structuring of franchises with dual distribution has drawn considerable scrutiny from the public policy platform. In particular, the ownership redirection hypothesis—that the powerful franchisors will reacquire the best franchised outlets relegating only the marginal units to franchisees—has received special attention because it verbalizes the worst fears associated with franchising. This paper provides an evaluation of this hypothesis. To do so, we examine (1) the key premises of the hypothesis from the perspectives of a number of related literatures and (2) the available empirical evidence on the hypothesis. Both aspects of the appraisal point to a number of unresolved issues with important public policy implications.

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The Fiscal Advisory Functions of United Nations Technical Assistance

International Organization ◽

10.1017/s0020818300023778 ◽

1957 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 248-260 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Henry Simon Bloch

Keyword(s):

Public Finance ◽

Public Policy ◽

Economic Development ◽

United Nations ◽

Public Administration ◽

Technical Assistance ◽

Special Importance ◽

International Assistance ◽

Foreign Countries ◽

Wide Range

Economic development involves the whole society of the developing country. The help that foreign countries can give in the process of development is necessarily limited, both in amount and in character. The United Nations has concentrated its aid to developing countries on “technical assistance”—a term that covers a wide range of activities. Along with help and instruction in particular techniques of industry and other such activities, UN technical assistance has also encompassed help and advice in matters of public administration and the execution of public policy in matters affecting development. Public finance is a field of special importance in this connection, both because of its direct importance to the process of development and because its complexity provides the need and opportunity for international assistance. The process of financing is intimately linked with every single activity in the economy and, therefore, the study of these problems affects every phase of economic development. Moreover, in countries which are still at the early stages of development, public finance must necessarily be used to support a nascent private enterprise sector. There is a need for providing social overhead and a necessity for adjusting the revenue system to the requirements of productive investment without eroding the base to an extent which would make it impossible to mobilize the funds needed for economic expansion.

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