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Welcome. September 28, 2012. Policy Reform. Governance: Concept and Issues Unit 5/e. The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it. Karl Marx, Theses on Feuerbach (1845). Policy.

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  1. Welcome September 28, 2012

  2. Policy Reform Governance: Concept and Issues Unit 5/e

  3. The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it. Karl Marx, Theses on Feuerbach (1845)

  4. Policy A way of doing something that has been officially chosen by a political party, business, or other organization It consists of all the authoritative public decisions that government makes Policies or outputs are normally chosen for the purpose : they are meant to promote end results, i.e. education, health, transportation

  5. Reform • A continuous process • To improve a system, law, organization etc by making a lot of changes to it, so that it operates in a fairer or more effective way • Basically, it is essential to handle fresh demand of new situation ( internal or external) evolved from changes in the ground reality

  6. Globalization • A complex web of interconnectedness through which life is increasingly shaped by decisions or events taken at a distance. • Is globalization a new trend?

  7. For Instance • Price , i.e. Org. of Petroleum Exporting Countries • War, i.e. Afghanistan • Science, i.e. Google earth

  8. Historical Aspect Third Wave of Democracy End of the Cold War 1990

  9. Impact • Political • Economy • Social • Cultural • Technology • - • -

  10. Illustrations Economic Sector Health Sector

  11. Economic Policy • Denationalization Selling government owned assets to the private sectors • De-bureaucratization Cutting down the size of the bureaucracy and create private opportunities ( i.e., health sector, education ,community forests, • Deregulation Tariff, labor market, freedom of price setting • Privatization Reducing the role of the government or increase the role of the private sectors

  12. Repercussion Imports ballooned from Rs. 115,687.2 million in 2000-01 to Rs. 396,175.5 million in 2010-11

  13. Health Policy • Heath as a Priority Sector • Decentralize Approach • Involvement of Private Sectors • Training Facilities • Infrastructure

  14. Repercussion Diarrhea, as one of causes of death, among children aged below 5 years reduced from 11% in 2000 to 6% in 2010.

  15. References • Sharma, Hari. “ While You Were Away” Kantipur 16 Sept. 2012 • Dahal, D. R., et al, (2001) Good Governance and Decentralization in Nepal ( Lalitpur: FES) • Heywood, A. (2007) Politics ( New York: Palgrave) • World Health Organization Sept. 23 , 2012 <http://apps.who.int/ghodata/?theme=country>

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