policy-making
- adjective
- /ˈpɑlɪsiˌmeɪkɪŋ/
- Think tanks and the research they produce have a strong influence on the policy-making process.
- educational policy-making
- policy-making process
- economic policy-making
Examples
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The research shows that foreign economic policy-making must be understood as an inherently political process.
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And one of the things you have to do is involve your legislators in policy making from the beginning.
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And he got to take part in policy making at the highest levels.
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But when it involved policy making or politics, they said hands off.
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Argentina, despite its creative policy making, has all the inputs that it needs to be successful, should it so choose.
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So therefore there is this important effort to make sure that we have a much more inclusive process of policy making and and implementing.
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You might be forgiven that this was some sort of accidental failure of policy making, but the truth is it's much worse than this.
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And I think both those elements enter into policy making judgements.
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Well, you know, policy making is about identifying and addressing risks.
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Effective policy-making requires input from various stakeholders to ensure all voices are heard.
How Policy-Making
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Etymology
Policy-making starts with policy, which came from old words meaning 'public order' or 'how a community is run' and is related to the familiar word politics. So policy-making is the work of making the rules and plans that decide how things are run.