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Integration of Sectoral Policies: Potentials and Obstacles in a Complex and Interconnected World Botah, Kwadwo Yeboah
Journal of Social and Policy Issues Volume 3, No 3 (2023): July - September
Publisher : Pencerah

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.58835/jspi.v3i3.210

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Over the past decade, a myriad of challenges such as climate change, food insecurity, flooding, drought, biodiversity loss, and inequalities have emerged across the global landscape. These problems are not only characterized by their complex origins and solutions but also embedded across multiple sectors, each with distinct agendas and uncertainties. Given this complexity, the concept of integrating policies across sectors has gained increased attention both politically and scholarly. Through a comprehensive review approach, this paper investigates the complex and multifaceted global challenges. It examines the role of sector-specific policies and the integration of these policies in addressing these challenges as well as obstacles to change. The findings underscore the existence of multiple complex and interrelated global challenges spanning many sectors with adverse national and local impacts. The paper revealed the substantial contributions of sectoral policies in confronting these intricate cross-cutting issues, while also highlighting their complexities. To overcome these challenges, the paper argues that the integration of sector-specific policies is central. By ensuring the integration of sectoral approaches, inconsistencies across sectors, fragmentation, and conflicts between policies are minimized. The paper contends that despite notable advances and recognition of policy integration, political commitment, complex application, and effective utilization are the primary challenges that need to be tackled to enjoy their full potential. The paper thus emphasized the need to establish efficient institutional machinery and unwavering political support for EPI. This strategic approach is essential to effectively confront the complex cross-cutting challenges, promote policy rationality and advance sustainable transformation.
Why Institutions Matter: Analysis of Their Significance in Shaping Economic, Environmental, And Policy Transformation Botah, Kwadwo Yeboah
Journal of Social and Policy Issues Volume 4, No 2 (2024): April - June
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.58835/jspi.v4i2.246

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The role of institutions in shaping societal systems and responding to complex global challenges has gained increased attention in recent decades. Institutions have functioned to shape the development and sustainability of society. Nevertheless, numerous institutionally-led challenges that restrict and alter sustainability and development across various aspects of society have also emerged. While institutional importance is widespread, their relationship with development is debated and contested. Through a systematic review approach, this paper explores the concept of institutions to understand whether they matter for development and examine their relevance within economic, policy, and environmental structures. The study indicates that indeed institutions play a significant role in accelerating economic, policy, and environmental growth across space and time. It demonstrates how it drives policy cycles, fosters economic progress, and shapes environmental transition. The study reveals that institutions create order, facilitate innovation, drive market transactions, and environmental security by mitigating conflicts, enforcing regulations, enhancing cooperation, ensuring the distribution of resources, and promoting sustainable ecological guidelines. However, complexities in their functions, structures, and adaptation exist, which can stimulate instabilities, stagnation, and decline in societal progression. Achieving enhanced institutional capacity toward societal development and progress thus requires unwavering political commitment, innovative actions, and coordinated decision-making. 
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