[EQ] Creating Adaptive Policies - A Guide for Policy-making in an Uncertain World

Creating Adaptive Policies - A Guide for Policy-making in an Uncertain World

 

Edited by Darren Swanson and Suruchi Bhadwal

Sage/IDRC 2009 - ISBN 978-81-321-0147-5 - e-ISBN 978-1-55250-467-3
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada

Available online at: http://bit.ly/bFcJJe

“……….principles of complex adaptive systems and adaptive management into practical guidance for policy-makers. It describes the concept of adaptive policy-making and presents seven tools for developing such policies.

“….This book is the culmination of four years of research undertaken by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) based in Canada and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in India. Financial support and advice for this initiative was provided by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

 

….The specific case examples drawn on throughout the book may resonate most closely with policy-makers working in agriculture and water resource management sectors, and for policy-makers dealing with climate change issues, because that is the context from which the cases were drawn. But the seven tools for creating adaptive policies are relevant to any complex policy issue, providing a means to craft and implement policies under dynamic and unpredictable socio-economic and ecologic circumstances….”
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Content:

 

Foreword

Chapter 1. The Need for Adaptive Policies

Chapter 2. Seven Guidelines for Policy-making in an Uncertain World

Chapter 3. Integrated and Forward-looking Analysis

Chapter 4. Multi-stakeholder Deliberation

Chapter 5. Automatic Policy Adjustment

Chapter 6. Enabling Self-organization and Social Networking

Chapter 7. Decentralization of Decision-making

Chapter 8. Promoting Variation

Chapter 9. Formal Policy Review and Continuous Learning

Chapter 10. Insights into Implementing Adaptive Policies

Appendix: Policy Case Study Overviews

Bibliography

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