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The Computable General equilibrium (CGE) model has been successfully used to inform macro and micro policymaking in many developed countries. In developing countries like Nigeria, their influence on policy is limited - in spite of their proven usefulness - due to the low number of people who understand them and/or use them appropriately. Therefore, this workshop was designed to assist with these limitations by acquainting participants with introductory knowledge of CGE modeling with use of the GAMS software (Appendix 1). The specific objectives were: · Expose participants to a policy planning tool, the CGE Model · Acquaint participants with the Nigeria 2006 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) · Study the effect of policy scenarios on growth and poverty eradication in Nigeria. It was attended by 21 participants drawn from various government departments, research institutions, and universities. ; IFPRI5; GRP32; NSSP ; DSGD ; Non-PR ; 5 pages

Presents experimental analyses of the effects of the decisional stakes (i.e. salience of the values at issue) and threat (risk of loss on those issues) on decision-makers' information acquisition patterns and choice rules with respect to one of four hypothetical foreign policy scenarios. Contrary to the notion that normative (rational) decision-making is more likely in less dramatic settings, the results indicate that elevated threat encourages rational decision processing, whereas heuristic processing was more prevalent in less threatening situations. The added presence of high stakes magnified both threat effects. (Original abstract - amended)

Australia's foreign economic policy has experienced profound changes since the early 1980s, and so has its policy towards ASEAN . The Australian Government has envisioned an integrated, whole-of-nation and whole-of-government approach in outlining Australia's trade policy. The Minister for Trade, Mr Simon Crean has referred to this as the "Twin Pillars" of trade policy. The first pillar focuses on opening up new markets 'at the border' through trade liberalisation, thus creating new export opportunities in the process. The second pillar consists of domestic reform ' behind the border' in Australia, aimed at raising productivity and making our exports more globally competitive. Changes in dominant policy perceptions represent a key factor of Australia' s foreign economic policy reorientation- there was an increased emphasis on the economic dimension of national interest, appraisal of ASEAN as an integral part of the Asia-Pacific economic architecture and the perception of how Australia should relate to East Asia. The resurgence of East Asian regionalism demonstrated by the reliance of Southeast Asian countries on ASEAN and the failure to start talks on an FTA with ASEAN led the Australian Government into the first steps towards a bilateral strategy. There is a practical recognition that many of our competitors in the region are pursuing their own trade agendas through FTAs. For example, ASEAN has signed bi lateral agreements with China and India . Australia faces being caught in a web of FTAs and ensuing competition in overseas markets. The Australian government therefore has to secure terms of access by signing FTAs favourable to Australian businesses . Australia should continue to examine the potential for future preferential trade agreements with important trading partners that deliver substantial market access improvements. In the light of the experiences of Australian exporters, it would be difficult to conclude that these agreements are highly effective if their objective is to deliver frameworks which increase the amount of Australian exports through facilitating freer and cheaper trade with our key trading partners.

Linking identity politics and foreign policy : an inside-out theory of identity contestation -- National identities in Turkey : four competing proposals -- Forging a nation from within : republican nationalism's fight for hegemony at home -- Stuck inside : obstacles to Ottoman Islamism at home -- Ottoman Islamism inside out : identity contestation through EU-based foreign policy -- Taking the theory outside : state and non-state actors use of inside-out identity contestation

This article focuses on the theoretical development of evaluation research from the perspective of public-policy analysis. The discontinuity between the first stage of evaluation research and its more recent stage is assessed by arguing that the main problems in early evaluation research were related to an inadequate conceptualization of the evaluator's role, whilst the recent debate in evaluation research correctly acknowledges the endogeneity of the evaluator to the policy process. Consequently, it seems possible to elaborate upon this by investigating the strategies available to the evaluator as actor. In this respect the literature on the cognitive aspects of politics provides useful hints. Following a discussion of this literature, the authors argue that the choice of evaluation strategies is contingent upon the characteristics of the policy process. Two dimensions of the policy process (i.e. the degree of social conflict and the degree of innovation) are employed in order to present a typology of strategies.

'Global Compassion' is an account of the relationship between private voluntary organizations (PVOs) and the US federal government from 1939-2005. The book focuses on the work of PVOs from a foreign policy perspective, revealing how federal political pressures shape the field of international relief

In fiscal year 2018, federal government awards in Virginia totaled $109 billion, or $12,866 per Virginian. The Commonwealth's economy is fueled, for better or worse, by spending decisions in the halls of Congress and the White House. We explore how the federal government spends money in Virginia and highlight procurement spending in the state's metropolitan areas. We also look back at the impact of the Budget Control Act of 2011 on the economies of Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads.