This book is intended to highlight the key policy issues and policy space that policy research institutions like REPOA have been occupying and are to continue to occupy in future. A typical book of this nature would have demanded a team of editors and authors from many institutions, since influencing positive policy change takes the efforts of many researchers and other stakeholders. Recognizing the complexity and the time involved in using that approach, the editors of this book chose an unconventional approach, by drawing from accumulation of research and policy engagement by REPOA.
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