This study aims to demonstrate how the interaction between the planning and political processes, given their different perceptions of spatial equity and efficiency objectives, influences the formulation and implementation of regional policies in the Philippines. It examines a number of past and current policies, with particular emphasis on those related to the regional dispersal of industries, ...

security policy-making in critical regions is one of the main concerns of the research centers and academic institutes. security-building in the regions like the caucasus is important because the historical roots of conflict could be seen in the policies of various countries. whenever some manifestations of authoritarianism can be seen, some countries are in the state of cooperative action. how...

Since late 2000s, economic growth has gained increasing attention, while economic development became the ultimate objective of the national policies. Recently regional income disparities rose as a critical factor of regional development policies, as people started to recognize relative poverty from the drastic national economic growth with huge income gap between social classes. Wilkinson and P...

P/T strategies can be seen not only at a national level, but rather at a regional level, to allow a share of the costs of their implementation, even if the different “regional” partners (countries) can have different policies, e.g. with respect to future nuclear power development. The paper gives practical examples, and points out the potential benefits of the regional approach.

In his recent study, Gordon Shen analyses a pertinent question facing the global mental health research and practice community today; that of how and why mental health policy is or is not adopted by national governments. This study identifies becoming a World Health Organization (WHO) member nation, and being in regional proximity to countries which have adopted a mental health policy as suppor...