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Policy of Talaga Paca as a Tourism Village (Case Study of Talaga Paca Village) Tobelo Barat District, North Halmahera District
Issue:
Volume 7, Issue 3, September 2023
Pages:
122-126
Received:
19 March 2023
Accepted:
27 June 2023
Published:
11 July 2023
Abstract: This research entitled Talaga Paca Policy as a Tourism Village, is a stage in the Tourism Village Policy process with processes that are certainly integrated with one another, with efforts to overcome these problems, through a policy process with a set of practices and activities used in the form of symbols. it then communicates a powerful power to change the things that are contained within us (inner space) other people are considered important as well as our society. This research is part of the Community Service activity in Talaga Paca Village. The purpose of this research is to analyze the policy. Infrastructure policies that must be financed for reasons of totality of economic productivity and social welfare of the community, both individuals and groups, including cross-river bridges, lakes, drinking water service networks for the Talaga Paca village community, irrigation networks, and village waste management, highway networks, with the aim of making people self-sufficient in maintaining their potential in the sense that they have the potential to solve tourism problems they face, and are able to meet their needs by acting as dependent on outsiders for help, both government and non-governmental organizations, is one of the global strategies, so that people have and will to maintain and improve their welfar The method used is a qualitative description. The research focus is on the talaga paca policy as a tourism village. Data collection techniques are interviews, observation, and documentation. The results of this study conclude that the attitude of the local government is not serious regarding Talaga Paca as a Tourism Village.
Abstract: This research entitled Talaga Paca Policy as a Tourism Village, is a stage in the Tourism Village Policy process with processes that are certainly integrated with one another, with efforts to overcome these problems, through a policy process with a set of practices and activities used in the form of symbols. it then communicates a powerful power to...
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The Impact of Devolution Policy on Water Service Delivery in Kenya
James Origa Otieno,
Joseph Okeyo Obosi,
Justine Mokeria Magutu
Issue:
Volume 7, Issue 3, September 2023
Pages:
127-140
Received:
21 June 2023
Accepted:
17 July 2023
Published:
27 July 2023
Abstract: Various institutional models for the governance of water services have been implemented in different nations with varying degrees of success. Devolution is one such model, in which both political policymaking authority and fiscal resources are decentralised to subnational government units. Assigning specified responsibilities to various levels of government is a crucial design future of the institutional arrangements enacted through devolution policy. This article examines how the assignment of functions within Kenya's existing institutional structure, in accordance with devolution policy, has impacted the country influenced the provision of water services. The article is based on qualitative data drawn from twenty-six semi-structured interviews with policy actors from the national and county levels of government, as well as non-governmental water sector actors. Transcribed data were analysed using thematic coding through Dedoose, a tool for qualitative data processing. The article establishes that a lack of clarity on functional assignment in the devolution institutional arrangements has led to opportunistic actors, primarily from the national government, exercising their powers to assert a dominant position in water services delivery, even in functional competencies assigned to the county governments, thereby impeding the achievement of optimal outcomes in water supply services. The article concludes that when designing institutional arrangements for public service delivery in multilevel governance regimes, it is crucial that the adopted configuration recognises and adequately addresses the political complexity inherent in the distribution of authority and attendant fiscal resources through a clear definition in the legal framework, of explicit functions assigned to each level of government and concurrent functions to be undertaken jointly by both levels and how these should be coordinated. To make devolution policy more effective, the assignment of functions should also be proportional to the scale of the policy issues being addressed at what level in order to avoid situations of institutional mismatches that could undermine the desired governance outcomes.
Abstract: Various institutional models for the governance of water services have been implemented in different nations with varying degrees of success. Devolution is one such model, in which both political policymaking authority and fiscal resources are decentralised to subnational government units. Assigning specified responsibilities to various levels of g...
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Policy Outcome and Policy Impact: An Appraisal of Government’s Road Infrastructure Development Policy in Osun State, Nigeria (2020 – 2022)
Issue:
Volume 7, Issue 3, September 2023
Pages:
141-146
Received:
20 July 2023
Accepted:
11 August 2023
Published:
28 August 2023
Abstract: The standard expectation of citizens is that their governments will make on their behalf, rational choices that will serve the purpose of government. In politics, voters and governments are expected to make choices that will in the minimum, satisfy their best interest. In this regard, when voters elect a government, such governments seek to have broad policies on issues of public interest in order to guide prioritisation of government programmes, since interests of voters are diverse. The decision of the Osun State government to construct a flyover bridge in Osogbo the state capital in 2021, generated strong criticisms immediately it was announced. The flyover bridge was to cost 2.7bn naira and to cover 500 meters of road. Competing pressures for government attention however demands that the State government’s road infrastructural policy be interrogated vis-a-vis general objectives of public policy, so that the decision could be objectively appreciated or condemned. The purpose of this paper is to appraise the infrastructure development policy of Osun State government for the period 2020 to 2022 with a view to determining its road infrastructure development priority. The study relied on quantitative method of data gathering to identify the policy of Osun State Government on road infrastructure development in the period of study, and to identify the policy impact. The study shows that the policy of Osun state Government on road infrastructure development in the period of study was to maintain existing roads, rebuild bad roads, and expand the road network. The findings reveal that the outcome of this policy is to improve transportation system and that in spite of the strident criticism of the decision to construct an expensive fly over bridge over a distance of 500 meters, the subject under study made an impact on members of the public such that the project became an “important” city possession. The study concluded that, for public policy analysis, there is the need to conduct reliable verification of policy impact through the affected population in the assessment of public policies.
Abstract: The standard expectation of citizens is that their governments will make on their behalf, rational choices that will serve the purpose of government. In politics, voters and governments are expected to make choices that will in the minimum, satisfy their best interest. In this regard, when voters elect a government, such governments seek to have br...
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