identifying 'win-win' or 'cobenefits' such that policy measures contribute not only to improved health outcomes but also to … (including life course), and sectors. (HiAP) is a relatively new concept and policy practice that attempts to incorporate … consideration into the policy decision-making process of how public policies and programs affect community health and well-being. It …

This article argues that decentralisation in India should be seen as a policy process. It is a policy process in the … appear obvious, regarding decentralisation as a policy process requires: a) analysis of this process not at one level or as … one event, but b) as a series of public policy processes that eventually result in successful or not so successful …

related to convergence must be resolved in relation to three major steps in the policy process: policy formulation … these stages of the policy process. We also conduct a desk review to analyze health and nutrition policies in India for …

Policy design as a field of inquiry in policy studies has had a chequered history. After a promising beginning in the … 1970s and 1980s, the field languished in the 1990s and 2000s as work in the policy sciences focused on the impact on policy … ignored traditional design concerns in arguing that changes at this level predetermined policy specifications and promoted the …

This paper explores the experience of two academics commissioned, by a public body engaged in policy formulation, to … carry out research to inform the policy process. During the presentation of qualitative data to the public body, one … making recommendations from research that conflicted with existing policy interests. We suggest that the rejection of the …

uncertainty and complexity. The paper argues that to cope with the phenomenon of STI as a coherent area of policy formulation and … Danish policy on STI is evaluated. The Danish strategy has been a strong centralisation of research and innovation in a …

uncertainty and complexity. The paper argues that to cope with the phenomenon of STI as a coherent area of policy formulation and … Danish policy on STI is evaluated. The Danish strategy has been a strong centralisation of research and innovation in a …

contribute to the global effort of sharing potentially useful lessons to address policy concerns on the design and implementation … outputs (chapter one). Chapter two includes an in-depth analysis of some of the major success strategies and policy actions …

A major rationale for conducting policy research is the contribution the results can make to policy improvement efforts …. Over the years, funders of international policy research have placed increasing emphasis on making sure that the research … the integration of research into policy, stakeholders need to understand the policy process itself. …