Climate-change policy is likely to be one of the largest sources of economic rents from policy interventions.

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In their bones English ministers now simply do not think of Wales when framing laws and policy interventions.

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Moreover, successful policy interventions on issues like health and education offer a country's citizens the most immediate and palpable evidence of effective government.

ECONOMIST: Argentina's monetary policy

Yet that change is relative: even the most gung-ho of Brazil's younger diplomats dislike what they see as the often heavy-handed foreign-policy interventions of the United States.

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There are plenty of studies on isolated programmes on both sides of the Atlantic on particular policy interventions, but it is hard to generalise from them to national strategies.

ECONOMIST: Letters

The consultation produced striking evidence on the extent of homophobic bullying in educational institutions worldwide and enabled experts to share many examples of good practice in terms of policy and interventions to prevent and address homophobic bullying in educational institutions globally.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

Social science policy research fed by dialogues among policy makers, practionners from civil society, beneficiaries and participants of specific policy and programme interventions and researchers, will better inform and advise policy formulation process.

UNESCO: Social Inclusion

The findings provide "foundation for priority setting for food-safety interventions, policy development, research, and analyses, " the spokeswoman said.

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In place of deft interventions, she has let policy differences get out of hand.

ECONOMIST: Almost a year on, the wheels seem to be falling off