Growth Policy

14,000,000 Leading Edge Experts on the ideXlab platform

Scan Science and Technology

Contact Leading Edge Experts & Companies

Scan Science and Technology

Contact Leading Edge Experts & Companies

The Experts below are selected from a list of 255 Experts worldwide ranked by ideXlab platform

Philippe Aghion - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Agnès Festré - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Christopher V. Hawkins - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Competing interests and the political market for smart Growth Policy
    Urban Studies, 2013
    Co-Authors: Christopher V. Hawkins
    Abstract:

    The broad intent of smart Growth is to reduce development in environmentally sensitive areas by limiting the outward expansion of development and redirecting private investment to urban areas. Local decisions that shape and constrain land uses can pit narrow economic interests against broader-based environmental organisations and impact decisions on smart Growth. Based on the political market framework, this study specifically examines the influence of pro-Growth and smart-Growth interest groups on smart Growth policies adopted by local governments in the state of Massachusetts, USA. The results suggest both real estate interests and environmental groups influence local Policy decisions, and depending on the Policy, the characteristics of local political institutions mediate these influences.

  • Planning and competing interests: testing the mediating influence of planning capacity on smart Growth Policy adoption
    Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2013
    Co-Authors: Christopher V. Hawkins
    Abstract:

    Land use Policy can generate substantial conflict between pro-Growth and slow-Growth interests. Based on the collaborative planning model, one of the many roles of the professional planner is to mediate conflict and generate support among fragmented interests in Policy aimed at mitigating the effects from sprawl. The analysis uses original data collected from cities and towns in the state of Massachusetts. This study empirically tests the effect a divergence between local interest groups in the support for planning efforts has on the adoption of smart Growth Policy. Methodologically, interaction terms are used to test the hypothesis that local planning capacity, in the form of professional planning staff and formal planning mechanisms, mediates this divergence. The results provide insight into how communities can overcome the challenges of interest group divergence in planning for 'smarter' Growth and more sustainable environmental land use practices.

  • Smart Growth Policy Choice: A Resource Dependency and Local Governance Explanation
    Policy Studies Journal, 2011
    Co-Authors: Christopher V. Hawkins
    Abstract:

    Smart Growth is a planning and land use Policy objective that generally focuses on where development should occur and how best to protect natural resources. What explains the adoption of smart Growth Policy by local government? This study focuses on a cooperative intergovernmental program that seeks to enhance local government abilities to work toward achieving state goals on sustainability. Extant research suggests that local interest group preferences shape Policy decisions. However, much of the evidence on the influence of local interest groups on smart Growth Policy is presented within the coercive intergovernmental context. This article argues that resource dependency influences local decisions in pursuing a smart Growth agenda when state incentives are provided. The findings suggest that fiscal capacity and the characteristics of local governing institutions are significant predictors in the decision to take part in an intergovernmental program. Business and neighborhood interest groups have a significant effect on Policy adoption, as do local characteristics depending on the smart Growth functional area.

Victor C. Akandu - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Nonoil Export – Growth Nexus in Nigeria: Macroeconomic Base for Nonoil Export-Led Growth Policy
    British Journal of Economics Management and Trade, 2016
    Co-Authors: Samuel O. Okafor, Victor C. Akandu
    Abstract:

    Public hue and cry about Nigeria’s overdependence on oil has now faded into an inaudible whisper and a mere rhetoric as diversification of the Nigerian economy still remains an unsettled issue. However, the dwindling international oil price has rendered the country insolvent thereby creating a need to exploit non-oil sources. Therefore, the study was aimed at devising a viable non-oil export-led Growth Policy. Study covered the period 1980 to 2014. Data were sourced from Central Bank of Nigeria, National Bureau of Statistics and World Development Indicators. This study revealed a preferred choice for a more robust factor analytic model to isolate potent factors influencing non-oil export–Growth nexus in Nigeria. Results indicate that there was positive significant relationship between non-oil export and Growth in Nigeria which was solely attributable to the influence of foreign direct investment and trade liberalization. Moreover, the study revealed that the active variables in the constellation of foreign direct investment and trade liberalization provided the theoretical constructs for a new non-oil export-led Growth Policy. It was concluded that a viable non-oil export-led Growth Policy should comprise of such Policy instruments as budgetary Policy, exchange rate Policy, human resource development Policy, credit Policy, and import substitution/export promotion Policy. It was recommended, inter alia, that petroleum exporting countries should channel foreign direct investment to non-oil sectors in order to render the sectors viable and so augment their productive bases.

Tsegaye Tegenu - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Related terms

Growth Policy - 15 days free trial to Access Experts & Abstracts