Document Abstract
Published:
2000
Learning lessons, policy transfer and the international diffusion of policy ideas
International policy transfer among knowledge actors: focusing on the coercive nature of transfer
With the specific focus on knowledge actors, this paper:
- Highlights the roles played by non-state actors who act as 'policy entrepreneurs' and interact with officials in government and international organisation in the international spread of ideas and information
- Second, it suggests that transfer is a process that is often facilitated within networks
- Third, incorporating concepts about social learning helps account for when transfer is effective or not
- Finally, the discussion advocates a more global focus - rather than the focus on transfer within or between OECD countries - to draw greater attention to the coercive character of transfer
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