The strategic perspective and long-term socioeconomic strategies for Israel : key methods with an application to aging / Steven W. Popper, Howard J. Shatz, Shmuel Abramzon, Claude Berrebi, Shira Efron.
Preface -- Introduction -- The strategic perspective and socio-economic policy -- Visions, goals, and strategic frameworks -- Measurement and indicators of socio-economic outcomes in israel -- Applying a strategic perspective -- Scanning and initial questions -- Information gathering and mapping the system: israeli and international experience with population aging -- Dynamic analysis : focus on health care cost and dependency -- Scenario building: first simple steps -- Moving toward strategic planning and implementation -- References.
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Summary
RAND Corporation researchers provided support to an Israeli government team of high-level officials charged with improving the processes for long-term socioeconomic strategy within the government. This report highlights selected inputs the researchers made to the government team to summarize the essential mechanics and roles for bringing a strategic perspective to the consideration of policy. In doing so, it provides the example of problems associated with an aging population as an illustration of how one can use a strategic perspective in an analysis of policy choices. Israel will benefit from bringing a systemic strategic perspective into its policy process. The concept is integral to formal strategic planning but distinct; although the latter places emphasis on an output (a strategic plan), a strategic perspective is a process for bringing an analytical element into policy decisionmaking. A strategic perspective helps to bridge not only the gap between a short-term focus and longer-term outcomes but also that across ministerial portfolios and responsibilities. A strategic perspective typically begins with a vision of what a desirable future state of the world might be. Translating a vision into policy requires an understanding of the challenges to achieving the vision and employing processes for setting specific goals to meet those challenges, identifying indicators to measure both status and progress toward goals, and designing and implementing policy measures that will contribute to achievement of goals.
