policy initiative

collocation in English

meaningsofpolicyandinitiative

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policy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɒl.ə.si/us
/ˈpɑː.lə.si/
a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed to officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government, or a ...
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initiative
noun
uk
/ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.tɪv/us
/ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.t̬ɪv/
a new plan or process to achieve something or solve ...
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(Definition ofpolicyandinitiativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpolicy initiative

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A minister announcing apolicyinitiativeto the annual party conference is almost bound to draw on analyses and papers prepared in the department.
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On financial services, thepolicyinitiativewas in the hands of the corporate lobbyists who pushed for a project which was eventually implemented.
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The central role of market integration in the overall process has limited other forms ofpolicyinitiative.
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But even for the samepolicyinitiative, these networks may be different.
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In poorer countries, there has to be somepolicyinitiativeto control the disease.
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It is primarily through his own rhetoric that the president could attract public sentiment toward hispolicyinitiative.
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It was welcomed in the north and among rural populations, but like anypolicyinitiative, it represented a political risk.
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The ambiguous boundaries of assisted-living make anypolicyinitiativedifficult, as it is not clear just what is proposed and for whom.
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The proposal is intended initially for consideration by developed countries and will require ongoing international governmental consideration, agreement, and formalization as apolicyinitiative.
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This is only to be expected in what is nevertheless a valiant attempt to co-ordinate rapidly research findings on such a major newpolicyinitiative.
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Furthermore, he directed those, in government and without, who supported hispolicyinitiativeto join in a campaign of public persuasion.
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To take an independentpolicyinitiativeagainst the grain of existing institutional norms would require a strong inclination by the incumbent to seek change.
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Secondly, what are the macro institutional factors that may have influenced the transformation topolicyinitiative?
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At the deepest level, it is an understanding of the appropriate role of the state in a mixed economy and therefore of the appropriate direction for any newpolicyinitiative.
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As a result, the launch of yet anotherpolicyinitiativehas been scuppered.
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Briefly stated, veto players and veto points theories look for and count institutional structures and actors that have the capacity to veto apolicyinitiative.
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Smallscale administrative changes were decisive in producingpolicyinitiative.
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We feel, however, that it is better to consider such targets within each individualpolicyinitiativein the framework of the strategy.
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The proposed measure is yet anotherpolicyinitiativethat has not been properly thought through.
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There is no indication as to how that may be achieved although it is the keypolicyinitiativethat is required.
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Sometimes, the information sought is for a particularpolicyinitiativeand is then requested through a circular sent to all local education authorities.
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I hope that their foreignpolicyinitiativewill stress human rights objectives rather than purely economic ones.
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That does not represent a newpolicyinitiative.
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Warning number two came with our announcement almost a year later of ourpolicyinitiativeon this issue.
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