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White paper
About: White paper is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 3852 publications have been published within this topic receiving 51169 citations. The topic is also known as: White paper & White papers.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the short-lived marriage of transport and environmental policy is facing a stern test, and that greater integration of policy is required (possibly through a Ministerial Committee, but not through further departmental restructuring).
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01 May 1987
TL;DR: In a White Paper entitled Building Business… not Barriers (Department of Employment, 1986) the UK government made the following statement (our emphases): "The prime aim of the Department of Employment is to encourage the development of an enterprise economy, all leading to more jobs" as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In a White Paper entitled Building Business… not Barriers (Department of Employment, 1986) the UK government made the following statement (our emphases):
The prime aim of the Department of Employment is to encourage the development of an enterprise economy. The way to reduce unemployment is through more businesses, more self-employment and greater wealth creation, all leading to more jobs.
The key aspects of the Department’s work are to:
Promote enterprise and job creation in growth areas such as small firms. self-employment and tourism.
Help businesses to grow by cutting red tape …
Improve training arrangements …
Help the young and those out of work for some time to find work …
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TL;DR: The idea of joined-up government is one of New Labour's big ideas, alongside their new managerialism as discussed by the authors, and it has been widely accepted as a successful strategy for social policy.
Abstract: There can be little doubt that joined-up government (JUG) is one of New Labour's big ideas, alongside their new managerialism. Since New Labour's initial election victory in 1997 and their subsequent second term in 2001, significant resources have been spent in developing ‘joined-up’ strategies for social policy. This ‘big idea’ stretches from Cabinet level with new groups such as the Social Exclusion Unit (SEU) and the Performance and Innovation Unit (PIU) and extends into every single social policy sector with area-based initiatives, such as Health Action, Education Action and Employment Zones, and encompasses agents from all sectors, public, private and voluntary. New Labour state that by ensuring policy making is more joined-up and strategic, social and public policy can be more ‘inclusive and integrated’ (White Paper, 1999: 6).
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TL;DR: The UK White Paper on International Development published in 2009 explicitly linked access to financial services with poverty reduction as discussed by the authors, and the current plans for the expansion of financial sectors in the developing world with policies that promote the acquisition of formal land title.
Abstract: The UK White Paper on International Development published in 2009 explicitly links access to financial services with poverty reduction. In doing so, it echoes the policies the World Bank set out in its 2008 Policy Research Report on Finance. This paper offers a detailed analysis of these development policies and connects the current plans for the expansion of financial sectors in the developing world with policies that promote the acquisition of formal land title. The paper argues that as asset-backed lending expands, commercial banks will come to play an increasingly important role in third world economies. In light of this, it reviews important first-hand accounts of the difficulties of drafting legislation to protect women's access to land in the face of opposition from commercial lenders, using Tanzania and Uganda as illustrative examples. The paper assesses the implications of expanding access to credit for gender equality and concludes that it is difficult to reconcile the promotion of financial inclusion with the aim of international development to end poverty.
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TL;DR: The white paper Choice and Opportunity envisages, perhaps optimistically, new entrants into the community care market for health care with respect to geriatric care in the contracting process.
Abstract: Responsibility for the medical management of elderly people in community institutional care (residential or nursing) remains poorly defined. It currently rests by default rather than by design on the heavily burdened shoulders of general practitioners. The number of patients in private or voluntary homes in Britain has risen from 18 200 in 1983 to 148 500 in 1994.1 The management of frail elderly people in nursing homes has also been regarded as beyond the scope of the general medical services contract and as a non-core activity.2
To add to this uncertainty, the role of geriatricians has undergone major changes. Increasing responsibilities for acute services have meant less time for continuing care and community care generally. These changes are partly due to the reduction of NHS long term beds, the withdrawal from acute admission duties by some medical specialities, and the lack of understanding and appreciation of geriatric care in the contracting process. The white paper Choice and Opportunity envisages, perhaps optimistically, new entrants into the community care market for health care.3 Generally, the lack of national benchmark standards has contributed to these difficulties. Some aspects of these issues have …
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