Our model includes a host of political and economic variables found in the literature of fiscal policymaking, such as partisanship and divided government. The desire to change policy may be widely shared across executives, but we find that the ability to "top off" categorical increases and bottom...
This season, however, I spied a large-leafed weed that had “gifted” itself to my garden growing from a leftover pot still full of hardened soil in the corner of my yard. Days passed as I watched it, fully intending to yank it up by its roots at some point. I did not water or ...
sloppy, Perl coders (and perhaps others) refer to this sort of thing as a "code smell". I know that software's full of compromises and you all have helped me get things into the tree that are less than perfect (as always,thank you!). If a package won't work without it and the ...
The priorities problem asks how much priority we should give to people who are worse off. By constructing a unit of health effectiveness , such as the QALY, CEA assumes this unit has the same value , regardless of who gets it or wherever it goes in a life (“A QALY is a QALY” is ...
Consequently, education was overtly focused on teaching Western morals, Christianising and 'civilizing' Aboriginal people away from their 'savage' ways (Bodkins-Andrews 2013, p. 35). This educational style effectively set up schools as purveyors of assimilation and led to a range of barriers ...
Unfurl your life, bent wings and everything. Learn to inhabit yourself. Dig your toes into the soil now and then as a reminder you are part of it. You are already gorgeous with your shriveled petals, your funny ways, your insecurities, and your ...
If effective, such as system can at the same time act as a catalyst for investment in the circular economy and low-carbon products and processes.Rizos, VasileiosEgenhofer, ChristianElkerbout, MilanCentre for European Policy StudiesCEPS Papers...
Stephen Polasky aBlair Csuti bChristian A. Vossler cS.Mark Meyers dElsevier LtdBiological ConservationPolasky, S. , Csuti, B. , Vossler, C.A. & Meyers, S.M. ( 2001 ) A comparison of taxonomic distinctness versus richness as criteria for setting conservation priorities for North American ...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students face a range of barriers to participating and succeeding at university. To address these barriers, it is critical that universities create an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
The Law Behind Priorities: Implementation of Priority Setting in Health Care – The German ExamplePriority setting in health care is a promising approach to tackle the challenges of today's society and increasing health care costs that most statutory health care systems have been facing over the ...