The Politics of Sustainable Development in UK Government: What Role for Integrated Policy Appraisal?

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 340-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncan Russel ◽  
John Turnpenny
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Institutional Processes ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Policy Appraisal ◽  
Regulatory Impact ◽  
Integrated Policy ◽  
Limited Degree ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Policy Communities

Attempts to better integrate policy in pursuit of more sustainable development have been made by many countries through the application of ex ante policy appraisal to sectoral policies. The United Kingdom (UK) is often cited as an international leader in this regard, but this is by no means clear. We examine empirically the extent to which the UK Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) system facilitates more integrated, and ultimately sustainable, policies. It appears RIA practice is far from integrated. Many RIAs cover a narrow range of impacts, are conducted late in the policy process, have relatively closed consultation processes, do not explicitly show how trade-offs were made, and use analysis inconsistently, if at all. We argue that providing more resources and improving quality control for RIA may improve integration to only a limited degree. More fundamental barriers to integration are hindered by closed policy communities and institutional processes and therefore may be more difficult to overcome.

scholarly journals Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into Urban Climate Plans in the UK and Japan: A Text Analysis

Climate ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Leticia Ozawa-Meida ◽  
Fernando Ortiz-Moya ◽  
Birgit Painter ◽  
Matthew Hengesbaugh ◽  
Ryoko Nakano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Uk

Cities are increasingly adopting potentially sustainable climate plans. Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into these plans could help stabilize the climate while generating jobs, narrowing equity gaps, fostering innovation, and delivering other sustainability benefits. Yet, how much cities are integrating the SDGs into climate plans remains poorly understood. This article shed light on this question with a text analysis of SDG “keywords” in climate plans for two British and two Japanese cities. The results revealed that none of the surveyed cities have connected climate with socioeconomic priorities covered in SDG1 (poverty), SDG8 (employment), SDG5 (gender), and SDG10 (inequalities). Meanwhile, the United Kingdom cities made more connections between climate and responsible consumption and production (SDG12) than the Japanese cities. Further, Kyoto, Japan shares a climate-SDGs linkages profile that resembles the United Kingdom cities more than Kawasaki. Though not without limitations, text analysis can facilitate the city-to-city peer learning needed to make urban climate plans sustainable within and across countries.

Joining up or Pulling Apart? The Use of Appraisal to Coordinate Policy Making for Sustainable Development

10.1068/a4142 ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 1201-1216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncan Russel ◽  
Andrew Jordan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Policy Coordination ◽  
Critical Test ◽  
Effective Governance ◽  
International Benchmarking ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Policy Appraisal

Coordinated (or ‘joined-up’) approaches to policy making are said to be an immensely important ingredient in the effective governance of sustainable development. There are, however, few detailed empirical studies of how well different policy coordination instruments perform in relation to this task. This paper identifies the United Kingdom as a critical test of how to achieve better policy coordination because it has been regularly identified as an exemplar of best practice in international benchmarking exercises. Specifically, it examines the integration of the environment into mainstream policy making through the application of policy appraisal in the strategically important areas of energy, defence, and public spending. Overall, it finds that the UK's much vaunted approach to coordinating the governance of sustainable development has struggled to tame the forces of departmentalism. While deploying carefully packaged combinations of coordinating instruments may address some causes of non-joined-up behaviour, perfectly coherent policy making is always likely to remain tantalisingly out of reach.

scholarly journals Food Crime: A Review of the UK Institutional Perception of Illicit Practices in the Food Sector

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Alice Rizzuti
Keyword(s):  
Milk Powder ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Food Fraud ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Criminological Research ◽  
Integrated Policy ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Definitional Issue

Food offers highly profitable opportunities to criminal actors. Recent cases, from wine and meat adulteration to milk powder contaminations, have brought renewed attention to forms of harmful activities which have long occurred in the food sector. Despite several scandals over the last few decades, food has so far received scant criminological attention and the concept of food crime remains subject to different definitions. This article assesses regulations in the United Kingdom (UK) and UK authorities’ official reports published between 2013 and 2018 through a review of academic literature published in English. It charts the evolution of the food crime concept, its various meanings, and different harmful activities associated with food crime, which originate from unlawful acts and omissions. This article also points out that further criminological research needs to address the definitional issue of food crime and inform a more integrated policy approach by considering activities beyond food fraud and the protection of food safety.

scholarly journals Cost of Sending Remittances from the UK in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Sirkeci ◽  
Andrej Přívara
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Transaction Costs ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Source Country ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Uk

Reducing cost of remittances is among the sustainable development goals and leading institutions and figures in the field advocate for cheaper transaction costs. Remittances remained resilient during the financial crisis overall and growth continues in the aftermath. In this paper, cost of sending remittances from the United Kingdom, a major remittances source country, to a selected group of 10 developing countries is examined to understand the trends in prices. Results show that overall, in selected countries there is a declining tendency, while in certain corridors and by certain operators, the prices of remittances did not decline as desired. Hence, possibly billions of remittances pounds did not reach to those in grave need. 

scholarly journals Nutritional Implications of Trade-Offs Between Fresh and Processed Potato Products in the United Kingdom (UK)

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wisdom Dogbe ◽  
Cesar Revoredo-Giha
Keyword(s):  
Caloric Intake ◽  
Saturated Fat ◽  
Nutritional Composition ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Mashed Potatoes ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Processed Potatoes ◽  
Scanner Panel ◽  
Potato Products

The UK ranks eleven among world potato producing countries with annual per capita production of about 102 kg. Since 2007, the price of potatoes has increased by 44 per cent and UK households have shown a decreasing trend on their purchases of potatoes. At the same time, retailers and manufacturers have been introducing processed potato products, which also has affected the demand for fresh potatoes. This has shifted demand from fresh potatoes to processed potatoes suggesting that consumers substitute fresh potatoes for processed ones. However, the extent to which this affect individual weekly nutritional composition is unknown. The objective of this study is to estimate the nutritional trade-offs between fresh and processed potatoes consumed in the UK using home scanner panel dataset for Great Britain in 2018. Price and expenditure elasticities were estimated using the linearized version of the Exact Affine Stone Index (EASI) Demand System. Using estimated elasticities, we analyzed the implications of substituting fresh potatoes for processed potatoes on nutrient intake. The results, in terms of the degree of substitution between fresh potatoes and processed potato products, suggest that consumers consider new potatoes baby and baking potatoes as substitutes for mashed potatoes. Maris piper potatoes and new potatoes baby are substitutes for frozen chips and other potatoes whilst white old potatoes and other vegetables and salads are complements to frozen chips and other potatoes. Finally, price reductions in the processed potatoes will increase average weekly caloric intake as well as the intakes of saturated fat and sodium. The latter has implications for public health as they are the major causes of cardiovascular diseases and certain cancers.

Tourist businesses in the UK: history and main directions of the development of the industry

Servis plus ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Наталия Логинова ◽  
Nataliya Loginova
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
History Of Development ◽  
Cultural Sites ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Music Tourism ◽  
Development Prospects

The article presents an overview of the tourist potential of the UK, including the history of development of tourism in the country, the main areas of inbound and outbound tourism, the structure of public sector management, as well as development prospects. Particular attention is paid to the statistics of inbound and outbound tourism of the UK in recent years; described in detail are the most popular tourist routes, including not only historical and cultural sites, but also the basic directions of business, sports and music tourism. Using domestic and foreign sources (books, periodicals, electronic resources), the author gives a detailed description of the tourist business in the UK as one of the largest sectors of the economy, but also notes that the historical facts and recent data indicate significant prospects for further sustainable development of tourist interest to the UK, its cultural heritage and modern achievements in science, industry, business. It is likely that the forms of organization of tourism in the United Kingdom will change and improve, but the flow of tourists to the UK will not dry up, including from Russia. At the heart of it will remain the dominant business, educational and cognitive forms of tourism.

İngiltere’den Türkiye’ye ‘Düzensiz’ Göçmen Dövizi Gönderme Davranışının Nedenleri Üzerine Nitel Bir İnceleme

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-190
Author(s):  
Fethiye Tilbe
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Migrant Communities ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Main Determinants ◽  
Money Transfers ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Migrant Groups

Bu makale, göçmen dövizi  akımlarında “düzensizlik” olarak ifade ettiğimiz, Türkiye’ye resmi kanallar dışında gönderilen enformel  göçmen dövizlerini, Birleşik Krallık’ta (özellikle Londra’da) yaşayan Türkiye kökenli göçmenler açısından incelemektedir. Her göçmen grubu, gerek ev sahibi ülkedeki düzenleyici çerçeve ve sosyo-ekonomik koşullar, gerek göçmen topluluğunun sosyo-kültürel değerleri tarafından belirlenen biçimde, farklı göçmen dövizi transfer biçimlerine eğilim sergilemektedir. Dolayısıyla farklı ülkelerdeki aynı kökenden göçmen toplulukları, ev sahibi ülkedeki dinamikler nedeniyle göçmen dövizlerinin formel ya da enformel (düzenli ya da düzensiz) gönderiminde farklılaşabilirken, aynı ülkedeki farklı ülke kökenli göçmen grupları da pek çok örüntünün etkisiyle farklı eğilim gösterebilmektedir. Nitel araştırma tasarımı kapsamında 27 göçmen ve 7 anahtar statüdeki katılımcıyla gerçekleştirilen yüz yüze görüşmelere dayalı olan bu çalışma, Birleşik Krallık’tan Türkiye’ye göçmen dövizi gönderimindeki düzensizlik olgusunu, her iki ülkenin sosyal, ekonomik ve kültürel dinamikleriyle ilişkilendirerek incelemeyi ve nedenlerini ortaya çıkarmayı amaç edinmektedir. Elde edilen sonuçlar, göçmenlik statüsü, gönderilen para miktar ve sıklığı ile geleneksel ilişki ağlarına olan güvenin yanında, Birleşik Krallık’taki sosyal yardım ve çalışma biçimine ilişkinin düzenleyici çerçevenin ve göçmenlerin sosyo-ekonomik durumlarının Türkiye’ye enformel göçmen dövizi gönderiminde temel belirleyici olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır.ABSTRACT IN ENGLISHA Qualitative Examination of Determinants of Remittances Sending Behaviour Among Immigrants from Turkey in the UKThis article examines the causes of irregularity in remittances flows from the United Kingdom (UK) to Turkey, from the perspective of migrants from Turkey living in the UK. Each group of migrants prefers different types of remittance sending methods, as determined by the regulatory framework and socio-economic conditions in the host country and the socio-cultural values of the migrant community. Therefore, migrant communities of the same origin in different countries may differ in using formal or informal sending methods of remittances due to the dynamics in the host country. Similarly, migrant groups of different nationalities in the same country may show different tendencies due to the influence of many patterns. Similarly, migrant groups of different nationalities in the same country may show different tendencies due to the influence of many patterns. This study aims to examine the phenomenon of irregularities in sending remittances by associating with the social, economic and cultural dynamics of both countries. For this purpose, face-to-face in-depth interviews were conducted with 27 immigrants and 7 key status participants by using qualitative research method. The obtained results reveal that the regulatory framework relating to social assistance and labour market in the UK, immigration status, the frequency and the amount of money sent and confidence in traditional relationship networks is the main determinants of informal money transfers to Turkey.

Independent commissions and labour migration: The British MAC

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-32
Author(s):  
Philip L. Martin ◽  
Martin Ruhs
Keyword(s):  
Labour Force ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Foreign Workers ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Independent Evidence ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Labour Immigration ◽  
British Labour ◽  
Policy Objectives ◽  
The Uk

The independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) was created in 2007 after a decade in which the share of foreign-born workers in the British labour force doubled to 13 per cent. The initial core mandate of the MAC was to provide “independent, evidence-based advice to government on specific skilled occupations in the labour market where shortages exist which can sensibly be filled by migration.” The MAC's answers to these 3-S questions, viz, is the occupation for which employers are requesting foreign workers skilled, are there labour shortages, and is admitting foreign workers a sensible response, have improved the quality of the debate over the “need” for foreign workers in the UK by highlighting some of the important trade-offs inherent in migration policy making. The MAC can clarify migration trade-offs in labour immigration policy, but cannot decide the ultimately political questions about whose interests should be prioritised and how competing policy objectives should be balanced.

TBE in United Kingdom

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Clinical Disease ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Probable Case ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
South West ◽  
Louping Ill ◽  
The Uk ◽  
North And South ◽  
South West England

Until 2019, TBE was considered only to be an imported disease to the United Kingdom. In that year, evidence became available that the TBEV is likely circulating in the country1,2 and a first “probable case” of TBE originating in the UK was reported.3 In addition to TBEV, louping ill virus (LIV), a member of the TBEV-serocomplex, is also endemic in parts of the UK. Reports of clinical disease caused by LIV in livestock are mainly from Scotland, parts of North and South West England and Wales.4

Campaign spaces for sustainable development: a power analysis of the Fairtrade Town Campaign in the UK

Food Chain ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-28
Author(s):  
Roberta Discetti ◽  
Matthew Anderson ◽  
Adam Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Power Analysis ◽  
The Uk
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