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"Die sektorale und räumliche Koordination von Fachpolitiken ist bereits seit Langem Gegenstand disziplinärer und interdisziplinärer Diskussion. Diese hat ihren Ausgangspunkt in der Erkenntnis, dass ausschließlich autonome Fachpolitik bzw. ausschließlich autonomes Handeln politischer Akteure den Interdependenzen zwischen ihnen nicht gerecht wird. Neuere Entwicklungen in der Forschung, gesellschaftlicher Wandel und immer häufiger zu beobachtendes Koordinationsversagen innerhalb von politischen und bürokratischen Mehrebenensystemen Europas und Deutschlands machen eine erneute Diskussion der Koordinationsproblematik notwendig. Dabei sind die einzelnen Beiträge systematisch auf drei Varianten von Koordinationsproblemen ausgerichtet, wobei grundlegend zwischen vertikaler und horizontaler Koordination unterschieden wird. Es zeigt sich, dass über alle Besonderheiten der erörterten Einzelfälle hinweg Gemeinsamkeiten beobachtbar sind, die sich auf den erfolgreichen Umgang mit Politikinterdependenzen beziehen. Vor diesem Hintergrund werden fachübergreifend Empfehlungen formuliert, wie zum einen der Koordinationsbedarf durch geschickte Aufgabenzuweisung im föderalen System möglichst gering gehalten werden kann. Zum anderen werden Wege aufgezeigt, die verbleibenden Abstimmungsbedarf in Hinblick auf die raumwirksamen Politiken in einer Weise berücksichtigen, die im Ergebnis zu einer höheren Effizienz gegenüber einem unkoordinierten Vorgehen führt." (Autorenreferat)

The European Semester is a yearly process of the European Union to improve economic policy coordination and ensure the implementation of the EU's economic rules. Each Semester concludes with recommendations for the euro area as a whole and for each EU member state. We show that implementation of recommendations was poor at the beginning of the Semester in 2011, and has deteriorated since. The European Semester is not particularly effective at enforcing even the EU's fiscal and macroeconomic imbalance rules. We find that euro-area recommendations with tangible economic goals are not well reflected in the recommendations issued to member states. Finally, we review various proposals to improve the efficiency of the European Semester and conclude that while certain steps could be helpful, policy coordination will likely continue to have major limitations.

The paper deals with the problems of coordination between monetary and fiscal policies in the Euro area. It examines how the existing institutions handle these problems and how the literature evaluates their working, deriving from these evaluations a proposal to reorganise them. The paper points out that there is a need for coordination between monetary and fiscal policies when both cyclical (short-run) and structural (long-run) problems are dealt with. Then it assesses how coordination is carried out under the existing institutional arrangements and identifies which parts of them, according to the existing literature, are in need of modification. Finally, on the basis of the content of this literature, it formulates a proposal to reform the institutional arrangements and the economic content of the Stability and Growth Pact, which aims at making them work effectively.

The study presents an approach that allows one to analyze various methods and types of socio-economic coordination from a unified methodological standpoint and to develop tools for designing coordination mechanisms. The basic foundations and prerequisites necessary for a unified description of various types of socio-economic coordination are analyzed. A conceptual model and a three-step algorithm for designing coordination mechanisms are proposed. Known methods of economic coordination are considered as a result of designing in accordance with the proposed algorithm. The results obtained have various theoretical and applied applications. On this basis agent-based simulation models can be created both for individual economic coordination mechanisms and for an economic system with built-in coordination mechanisms.

How decision makers define state interests and formulate policies can be a function of how the issues are represented by specialists giving advice. Examines the role of networks of knowledge-based experts in articulating the cause-and-effect relationships of complex problems, helping states identify interests, framing issues for debate, proposing policies, and identifying salient negotiating points. (Abstract amended)

This book focuses on the increasing complexity of the task of managing social transformation in Nigeria, mainly from policy perspectives. It draws attention to the need to identify and develop the policy framework (policy map) within which resources are mobilised and utilised for national development. In examining the various structures, processes and shortfall in effective policy outcomes, the contributions in the book focus on policy co-ordination as an important determinant of goal realisation in the realm of public policy making and resources utilization. Covering different areas of policy making, the book further argues that effective public policy co-ordination should be based on a capacity building approach. This requires that we develop a long range view of policy making and decision-taking in order to enhance the capacity of government and its agencies to govern more efficiently and effectively. (DÜI-Hff)