The Development of South African Policy Planning : A Qualitative Text Analysis

The evolution of South Africa’s strategic policy directions was analyzed through the application of natural language processing (NLP) techniques to the texts of the Reconstruction and Development Plan, Growth, Employment And Redistribution, the Acc...

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Main Author: Mikhaylov, Slava
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/440001529320496450/The-development-of-South-African-policy-planning-a-quantitative-text-analysis-background-note-for-the-South-Africa-systematic-country-diagnostic
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spelling okr-10986-300192021-05-25T09:15:37Z The Development of South African Policy Planning : A Qualitative Text Analysis Mikhaylov, Slava PLANNING POLICY PRIORITIES NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYMENT JOB CREATION EDUCATION POLICY HEALTH POLICY SKILLS DEVELOPMENT RECONSTRUCTION CLIMATE CHANGE CORRUPTION FISCAL POLICY The evolution of South Africa’s strategic policy directions was analyzed through the application of natural language processing (NLP) techniques to the texts of the Reconstruction and Development Plan, Growth, Employment And Redistribution, the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative South Africa, the New Growth Path, and the National Development Plan. In statistical, probabilistic topic modeling analysis, nine topics are identified across all development plans. In the decreasing order of proportion of development plans’ documents, the topics relate to: climate change and resources; green economy; corruption and security; health; skills and training; economic growth; fiscal policy and macro-economy; reconstruction and democracy; and education. The study is a background note for the South Africa Systematic Country Diagnostic. 2018-07-17T15:47:57Z 2018-07-17T15:47:57Z 2018-06-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/440001529320496450/The-development-of-South-African-policy-planning-a-quantitative-text-analysis-background-note-for-the-South-Africa-systematic-country-diagnostic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30019 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa South Africa
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topic PLANNING
POLICY PRIORITIES
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT
JOB CREATION
EDUCATION POLICY
HEALTH POLICY
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
CLIMATE CHANGE
CORRUPTION
FISCAL POLICY
spellingShingle PLANNING
POLICY PRIORITIES
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT
JOB CREATION
EDUCATION POLICY
HEALTH POLICY
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
CLIMATE CHANGE
CORRUPTION
FISCAL POLICY
Mikhaylov, Slava
The Development of South African Policy Planning : A Qualitative Text Analysis
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South Africa
description The evolution of South Africa’s strategic policy directions was analyzed through the application of natural language processing (NLP) techniques to the texts of the Reconstruction and Development Plan, Growth, Employment And Redistribution, the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative South Africa, the New Growth Path, and the National Development Plan. In statistical, probabilistic topic modeling analysis, nine topics are identified across all development plans. In the decreasing order of proportion of development plans’ documents, the topics relate to: climate change and resources; green economy; corruption and security; health; skills and training; economic growth; fiscal policy and macro-economy; reconstruction and democracy; and education. The study is a background note for the South Africa Systematic Country Diagnostic.
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author Mikhaylov, Slava
author_facet Mikhaylov, Slava
author_sort Mikhaylov, Slava
title The Development of South African Policy Planning : A Qualitative Text Analysis
title_short The Development of South African Policy Planning : A Qualitative Text Analysis
title_full The Development of South African Policy Planning : A Qualitative Text Analysis
title_fullStr The Development of South African Policy Planning : A Qualitative Text Analysis
title_full_unstemmed The Development of South African Policy Planning : A Qualitative Text Analysis
title_sort development of south african policy planning : a qualitative text analysis
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/440001529320496450/The-development-of-South-African-policy-planning-a-quantitative-text-analysis-background-note-for-the-South-Africa-systematic-country-diagnostic
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