policy goals
Governmental desired outcomes
Policy goals are the outcomes that a government, organization, or institution aims to achieve through its actions and decisions.
They translate broad values into specific targets: reducing unemployment, improving air quality, expanding healthcare access.
Policy goals guide the creation of laws, regulations, and programs, serving as benchmarks against which success or failure is measured.
The administration's stated policy goals included cutting emissions by half within a decade.
- strategic objectivesPlanned priorities for success
- objectivesIntended targets or ends
- targetsIntended aims or marks
- aimsPurposes or targets
- agendaFormal discussion list
key priorities · strategy · mandate · mission · action plan · priorities · outcomes · benchmarks · initiatives · reform · framework · vision · directives · roadmap · milestones · accountability · stakeholders · public interest
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policy goalstactics
Methods to achieve goals
procedures · bureaucratic procedures · legislation · enforcement actions · strategies
policy goalsunintended consequences
Unanticipated outcomes of actions
side effects · externalities · blowback · secondary effects · adverse effects
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