Policy concepts
Australian Public Policy Research Network - provides key references on good policy research and development and an on-line discussion list on varying topics.
Government Interventions in Pursuit of Regional Development: Learning from experience ( Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics, Working Paper 55, 2003) - The questions of why regions grow or fail to grow, and what, if anything, governments can do about it have attracted considerable interest and debate for many years. This report provides a select review of previous government intervention approaches and experiences in pursuit of regional development.
Community Participation - Learnings from the Murray-Darling Basin experience, L. Boully, Paper presented at the 'Facing the Future Conference', Canberra, April 2003. This paper explores the practical issues associated with implementing a community participation in planning policy using the Murray-Darling Basin communities as a case study.
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