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However, conditional cash-transfer programs have been quite successful in improving various human-development indicators.
Just recently, Donald Kerr, the US deputy director of national intelligence, warned that “major losses of information and value for our government programs typically aren’t from spies....In fact, one of the great concerns I have is that so much of the new capabilities that we’re all going to depend on aren’t any longer developed in government labs under government contract.”
Kerr described what he called “supply chain attacks” in which hackers not only steal proprietary information, but go further and insert erroneous data and programs in communications hardware and software – Trojan horses that can be used to bring down systems.
Commercial television programs aimed at children are replete with advertising for processed foods of dubious value to human health.
By investing not only in systems to provide clean drinking water and sanitation, but also in educational programs that encourage better hygiene practices and toilet use, governments can break a vicious cycle of diarrhea and malnutrition that causes irreversible physical and cognitive damage.
By making vaccines available through national immunization programs, governments can protect all children from the diseases that are most likely to harm or kill them.
A well-run military can be a source of attraction, and military cooperation and training programs can establish transnational networks that enhance a country’s soft power.
New EU programs should mainly aim at strengthening the specific capacities of Tunisia, Egypt, and others, and seek opportunities that benefit both sides of the Mediterranean.
Some warn against any programs for “temporary” or “circular” migration.
Indeed, research programs led by defense industries have already changed our lives, giving us the jet engine, the Internet, and satellite navigation.
The proliferation of “bots” – computer programs that automatically spread disinformation – has blurred these lines further.
To curb the public deficits that such policies entail, the franc-zone countries underwent drastic structural-adjustment programs throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s, under the auspices of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
The impact and success of these tools and programs should be monitored and evaluated, with ineffective approaches being improved or replaced.I’ve conducted research in rural communities around the world, and one of the features they all have in common is the difficulty that farmers and pastoralists confront in accessing reliable information about markets, weather, and financing.
The impact and success of these tools and programs should be monitored and evaluated, with ineffective approaches being improved or replaced.
Former Prime Minister David Cameron started to address this issue by imposing a “skills levy” on firms hiring foreign workers, with the proceeds earmarked to fund worker-training programs.
Those failing to keep their pension balances in the black should have to pay into a bailout fund before they can pursue share buybacks or similar programs.
This increased assistance should emerge from an extension or re-focusing of national development cooperation programs.
That money, together with the pledges of EU member states, represents more than 80% of the total amount committed to support Uganda’s refugee programs.
After all, the very success of that attack meant that such limited intervention could never be repeated, because would-be proliferators learned to bury, hide, or duplicate their nascent weapons programs.
But, if large-scale investment and reform programs were initiated as complements to unconventional monetary-policy measures, the economy could move onto a more resilient growth path.
Programs in the United States like “Teach for America” and “Teach for All” can serve as powerful new models for recruiting the teachers that will be needed for new secondary schools.
But for this to happen, countries with traditionally generous refugee programs should come forward and offer more places to receive Iraqis.
Moreover, developing effective programs requires far more data about young people’s journey from education to employment than is currently available.
A recent study of grant programs in Canada found that when referees are trained to recognize gender discrimination, funding outcomes naturally rebalance.
And, though many government programs deliver good value for money – Medicare is a good example – far too many do not.
And costly, ineffective programs are notorious for surviving indefinitely because they develop powerful defenders.
The right question is how to develop innovative and efficient government programs to provide public goods and services that neither the marketplace nor the nonprofit sector can deliver on its own.
Likewise, the new federal Social Innovation Fund provides grants to social-sector intermediaries – foundations, non-profits, and social enterprises – that develop new programs to tackle problems like unequal educational opportunity.
Several existing federal programs like the Community Reinvestment Act and the Small Business Investment Companies program are supporting the growth of impact investing funds.
Metrics are an essential feature of pay-for-performance contracts, and must be an essential feature of all government programs.
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