The 2001 reform of the France basic law on financial legislation defines a new framework for the monitoring of public policies based on the evaluation of outputs and outcomes rather than resources allocations through a classical budgeting process. A new monitoring process is under design, based...

Purpose Participation in the informal economy has been predominantly explained from a supply side perspective by evaluating the rationales for people working in this sphere. Recognising that many transactions in the informal economy are often instigated by customers, exemplified by purchasers...

We present a theoretical framework which allows for the comparison of the effectiveness of tax measures, loans and funding, in supporting industry-oriented research. We estimate for each of the instruments the exact contribution required by a firm to decide on investing in R&D, given the costs...

Advancements in the areas of Information Technologies (IT) and the New Life Sciences (NLS) are helping redefine the boundaries of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs). Although the fast growth of these technological areas may very well be fueled by the existence of the IPR system itself, in...

В статье рассмотрены основные направления разработки государственной политики поддержки малого предпринимательства, отмечены особенности ее реализации на...

В статье раскрываются основные направления и формы консолидации российского капитала в современных условиях. В первую очередь определяются тенденции и...

Раскрыто содержание государственной политики, частного-государственного партнерства, установлены главная цель, подцели государственного регулирования...

This article surveys the theoretical and empirical literature on investment in human capital and the effect of public policies. Empirical literature shows that education carries considerable amount of risk and only 9 per cent of the variability of the returns to college education are...

This paper focuses on some of the major policy issues for accelerating a sustainable and equitable agricultural growth process in Punjab in the next five to ten years. There are numerous policy issues given the multiple and competing interests of the many stakeholders. The policy issues analysed...

Public policy research organisations or think tanks have played a critical role in the policymaking process and have served as catalyst of ideas, innovations and actions. They fill a void between the academic world, on the one hand, and the realm of government on the other.The ones that emerged...