Injecting International Good Practices into Policy Reforms : The Importance of Study Tours

In policy reform Advisory Services (AS) projects the concept of 'good practices' often floats around, not knowing when or where to land on a 'project runway.' So the question here is how and when do you inject good practices int...

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Main Author: Eldozdar, Yehia K.
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/05/10774474/injecting-international-good-practices-policy-reforms-importance-study-tours
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spelling okr-10986-105552021-04-23T14:02:51Z Injecting International Good Practices into Policy Reforms : The Importance of Study Tours Eldozdar, Yehia K. ATTENTION BEST PRACTICES CITIES CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY COUNTERPARTS DECISION-MAKING DISCUSSION DISCUSSIONS DISTRICTS ENABLING ENVIRONMENT EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING FOREIGN TRADE HOUSING IDEAS IFC ISSUANCE LEGAL REFORMS MEETING MEETINGS PRACTITIONERS RETURN SAFETY THINKING VISION In policy reform Advisory Services (AS) projects the concept of 'good practices' often floats around, not knowing when or where to land on a 'project runway.' So the question here is how and when do you inject good practices into regulatory reforms so they yield maximum impact? Whenever terms like 'international expert' and/or 'study tours' are mentioned, projects become vulnerable to criticism of wasted money and shopping sprees. The experience from International Finance Corporation (IFC) AS in the Middle East and North Africa's (AS MENA) 'Alexandria Business Start-up Simplification' Project in Egypt stands out as a good example of a project that used international good practices both at the right time and in the right way. 2012-08-13T12:02:52Z 2012-08-13T12:02:52Z 2009-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/05/10774474/injecting-international-good-practices-policy-reforms-importance-study-tours http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10555 English IFC Smart Lessons Brief CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Egypt, Arab Republic of
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topic ATTENTION
BEST PRACTICES
CITIES
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
COUNTERPARTS
DECISION-MAKING
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSIONS
DISTRICTS
ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
FOREIGN TRADE
HOUSING
IDEAS
IFC
ISSUANCE
LEGAL REFORMS
MEETING
MEETINGS
PRACTITIONERS
RETURN
SAFETY
THINKING
VISION
spellingShingle ATTENTION
BEST PRACTICES
CITIES
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
COUNTERPARTS
DECISION-MAKING
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSIONS
DISTRICTS
ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
FOREIGN TRADE
HOUSING
IDEAS
IFC
ISSUANCE
LEGAL REFORMS
MEETING
MEETINGS
PRACTITIONERS
RETURN
SAFETY
THINKING
VISION
Eldozdar, Yehia K.
Injecting International Good Practices into Policy Reforms : The Importance of Study Tours
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description In policy reform Advisory Services (AS) projects the concept of 'good practices' often floats around, not knowing when or where to land on a 'project runway.' So the question here is how and when do you inject good practices into regulatory reforms so they yield maximum impact? Whenever terms like 'international expert' and/or 'study tours' are mentioned, projects become vulnerable to criticism of wasted money and shopping sprees. The experience from International Finance Corporation (IFC) AS in the Middle East and North Africa's (AS MENA) 'Alexandria Business Start-up Simplification' Project in Egypt stands out as a good example of a project that used international good practices both at the right time and in the right way.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Eldozdar, Yehia K.
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title Injecting International Good Practices into Policy Reforms : The Importance of Study Tours
title_short Injecting International Good Practices into Policy Reforms : The Importance of Study Tours
title_full Injecting International Good Practices into Policy Reforms : The Importance of Study Tours
title_fullStr Injecting International Good Practices into Policy Reforms : The Importance of Study Tours
title_full_unstemmed Injecting International Good Practices into Policy Reforms : The Importance of Study Tours
title_sort injecting international good practices into policy reforms : the importance of study tours
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
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