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Implementation will be led by Fondo Acción, with a steering committee comprising the National Planning Department, Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, and Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-006080#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The proposal identifies three primary challenges in updating the Country Programme: the need for a participative process involving private sector and subnational agencies, the absence of a regular reviewing and updating procedure, and the need to align the 'no-objection' procedure with updated national priorities.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-006080#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The project will develop a Gender Action Plan for climate finance to address gender inequality, the invisibility of women's roles in mitigation and adaptation, low participation of women in decision-making, and to provide guidelines for mainstreaming gender throughout the project cycle.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-006080#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The proposed budget of USD 299,881 includes USD 258,800 for total outcome budget, USD 15,000 for contingency, and USD 19,410 for project management costs, with a delivery partner fee of USD 6,671.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-006080#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The project aims to strengthen institutional coordination by establishing a mechanism between the National Designated Authority (NDA) and the National Designated Entity (NDE) for the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism and other climate finance focal points.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-006080#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The implementation will be managed by a Steering Committee consisting of representatives from the National Planning Department (DNP), Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (MHCP), and Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MADS), with Fondo Acción serving as the Technical Secretariat and Delivery Partner.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-006080#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The proposal builds upon previous GCF readiness support, including a project by the Colombian Presidential Agency of International Cooperation (APC) focused on NDA and Collegiate Body capacities, and other grants awarded to Findeter, Bancóldex, and Fondo Acción.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-006080#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate finance","capacity building","Private sector engagement","Direct Access"],"geography_discussed":["Bogotá"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy proposal","capacity assessment"]},{"id":"climstra-000024","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/climstra-000024","title":"Building Blocks","publisher":{"name":"Climate Strategies","organization":"climate-strategies"},"document_type":"executive summary","language":"en","date_published":"2019-10-29","source_url":"https://climatestrategies.org/publication/buildingblocks/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The production of basic materials accounts for approximately 25% of global CO2 emissions and 16% of EU GHG emissions. While industry commitment to carbon neutrality by 2050 is growing, current innovation funds and carbon pricing are insufficient to make climate-friendly technologies commercially viable. The Climate Friendly Material Platform proposes a policy package including a 'Climate Contribution' as an alternative to Border Tax Adjustments, Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCFDS), Contracts for Difference for Renewables, Green Public Procurement (GPP), and Product Carbon Requirements to stimulate investment and prevent the relocation of production to regions with less stringent climate policies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000024#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The production of basic materials, including cement, iron, steel, paper, aluminium, chemicals, and petrochemicals, is a major driver of climate change, representing about 25% of global CO2 emissions and 16% of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000024#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Existing mechanisms such as carbon pricing and innovation funds are inadequate to transform the materials market because climate-friendly production technologies remain significantly more expensive than current processes.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000024#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Climate Friendly Material Platform recommends a specific policy package to incentivize low-carbon materials: a 'Climate Contribution' charge on carbon-intensive materials sold in Europe (proposed as a pragmatic alternative to Border Tax Adjustments), Project-based Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCFDS), Contracts for Difference for Renewables, Green Public Procurement (GPP), and Product Carbon Requirements to ban carbon-intensive materials.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000024#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The proposed policy framework aims to ensure a just industrial transition by creating a business case for climate-neutral technologies while preventing the relocation of jobs and production to regions with less stringent climate policies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000024#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["cement","aluminium","chemical substance","petrochemical product","European Union Emission Trading Scheme 1","carbon price","carbon leakage","sustainable procurement"],"geography_discussed":["Sweden","Netherlands","Spain","United Kingdom","Germany","France","Belgium","Poland","Hungary","World"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy proposal"]},{"id":"costratri-000242","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/costratri-000242","title":"Improving Nuclear Strategic Stability Through a Responsibility-Based Approach","publisher":{"name":"The Council on Strategic Risks","organization":"the-council-on-strategic-risks"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"en","date_published":"2019-10-22","source_url":"https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Improving-Nuclear-Strategic-Stability-Through-a-Responsibility-Based-Approach_Briefer-1_2019_10_22.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The briefing argues that the world is entering a period of high risk due to the collapse of formal arms control agreements between the US and Russia, the emergence of new nuclear powers, and the introduction of destabilizing technologies. To counter this, the author proposes the adoption of 'Nuclear Strategic Stability' (NSS) as a primary metric, where the risk of nuclear conflict is kept as low as achievable. The author outlines a '10-point Code of Responsible Nuclear Armed States' based on six elements: restraint, relevance, reassurance, readiness, reciprocity, and reduction. Furthermore, the document suggests a three-gateway (T1, T2, T3) schematic pathway to disarmament, emphasizing that the removal of tactical weapons and the establishment of conventional arms control are prerequisites for the final elimination of nuclear arsenals under the NPT framework.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"costratri-000242#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The global security environment is characterized by three interlocking challenges: the risk of nuclear escalation from conventional conflict or miscalculation fueled by AI and machine learning; a new arms race in 'less-than-strategic' and hypersonic systems; and the erosion of trust following the collapse of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"costratri-000242#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The author proposes a specific metric called Nuclear Strategic Stability (NSS), defined as a state where the risk of any conflict being initiated or escalated to the nuclear level is as low as achievable, allowing the world to absorb crises without crossing the nuclear threshold.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"costratri-000242#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"To improve NSS, the document postulates a 10-point Code of Responsible Nuclear Armed States organized around six pillars: Restraint (rhetoric and communication), Relevance (nuclear weapons only as strategic deterrents), Reassurance (political control and negative security assurances), Readiness (lowest possible readiness levels), Reciprocity (mutual posture adjustments and protecting C3 systems), and Reduction (pathways to simplify arsenals).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"costratri-000242#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The proposed pathway to disarmament consists of three gateways: T1 involves controlling and eliminating weapons most susceptible to nuclear warfighting; T2 requires the decommissioning of all remaining tactical and 'delegated in conflict' weapons; and T3 is the point where the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) becomes relevant.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"costratri-000242#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The author argues that for nuclear-armed states to agree to final decommissioning, new formal conventional arms control agreements are necessary to ensure their security is not diminished, reflecting the second clause of NPT Article VI regarding general and complete disarmament.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"costratri-000242#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["Russia","United States","North Korea","United Kingdom"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy proposal","strategic analysis"]},{"id":"pari-000266","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/pari-000266","title":"Position Paper on Appointment and Removal in the Public Service and Municipalities in South Africa","publisher":{"name":"Public Affairs Research Institute","organization":"public-affairs-research-institute"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2019-10-18","source_url":"https://pari.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/RevisedDraft_ThematicArea1_AppointmentRemoval_PublicServiceMunicipalities.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The position paper proposes a structural overhaul of how senior administrative officials are appointed and removed in South Africa to insulate the public service from unlawful political interference. It advocates for a four-stage generic appointment process—process planning, process administration, short listing, and appointment—to create a system of checks and balances. For the national and provincial public service, it suggests leveraging the Public Service Commission as an independent administrative check. For municipalities, it proposes the creation of independent personnel committees comprising professional associations and civil society. To ensure feasibility, the paper recommends a 'covering in' mechanism, allowing the President to incrementally apply these reforms to specific departments or municipalities via proclamation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pari-000266#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The current legal framework in South Africa allows political office-bearers to effectively introduce political criteria into appointment decisions despite formal prohibitions, facilitating the creation of illicit personal networks and 'state capture'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pari-000266#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Public Service Commission (PSC) is currently an underutilized and 'toothless' oversight body because its independence is compromised by political involvement in the appointment of its own high-level administrative staff.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pari-000266#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A proposed generic appointment process for senior managers consists of four stages: process planning (setting qualifications and expert categories), process administration (testing and long-listing), short listing (conducted by an independent committee), and appointment (made from the short list).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pari-000266#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"For the public service, the paper proposes that the Public Service Commission should handle process planning and administration for the appointment of national and provincial heads of public service, with the President or Premier making the final appointment from a short list.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pari-000266#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Municipalities lack a constitutionally independent regulatory body equivalent to the PSC, making them particularly vulnerable to factional political conflicts and the use of 'golden handshakes' to remove independent-minded managers.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pari-000266#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"To reform municipal appointments, the paper suggests creating independent personnel committees composed of members from professional associations (e.g., engineering, accounting) and civil society to conduct short listing.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pari-000266#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The paper endorses the National Development Plan's goal of transitioning senior managers from short-term contracts to longer-term or permanent contracts to improve stability and professionalism.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pari-000266#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document proposes a 'covering in' mechanism for implementation, where a statute is passed but only applies to specific departments or municipalities when the President issues a proclamation, making the transition irreversible except by further statute.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pari-000266#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["Germany","Sweden","Japan","United Kingdom","United States","Canada","Australia"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy proposal","institutional analysis","comparative study"]},{"id":"pari-000267","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/pari-000267","title":"Position Paper on Reforming the Public Procurement System in South Africa","publisher":{"name":"Public Affairs Research Institute","organization":"public-affairs-research-institute"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2019-10-18","source_url":"https://pari.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/RevisedDraft_ThematicArea3_PublicProcurementReform.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document identifies a crisis in South African public procurement characterized by political interference, capacity deficits, and a fragmented legal regime. 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It proposes a five-part policy package: a Climate Contribution to ensure full carbon cost internalisation, project-based Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfDs) to hedge investment risks, Contracts for Difference (CfDs) for renewables to lower electricity costs, Green Public Procurement (GPP) to create lead markets, and long-term Product Carbon Requirements to phase out carbon-intensive materials.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000094#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The production of basic materials, including cement, iron, steel, paper, aluminium, chemicals, and petrochemicals, accounts for approximately 25% of global CO2 emissions and around 16% of EU greenhouse gas emissions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000094#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A proposed 'Climate Contribution' as part of the EU Emissions Trading System would charge domestic and imported materials sold for final use in Europe based on conventional process benchmarks, ensuring full carbon cost internalisation without triggering carbon leakage.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000094#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Project-based Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfDs) can reduce the expected CO2 price required for breakthrough technologies to break even from approximately 115 Euro/tonCO2 to around 75 Euro/tonCO2, a reduction of about 35%, by lowering financing costs through increased debt capacity.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000094#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Publicly guaranteed Contracts for Difference (CfDs) for renewables can reduce the overall cost of delivering renewable power to consumers by approximately 30% by hedging investors against regulatory risks and reducing financing costs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000094#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Green Public Procurement (GPP) can create lead markets for low-carbon practices; evidence from the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK shows that substantial emission reductions of up to 50% can be achieved in infrastructure procurement, sometimes without increasing costs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000094#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Product Carbon Requirements, which would ban the sale of products made with carbon-intensive processes, are proposed as a long-term 'sunset clause' likely feasible from the mid-2030s once sufficient clean production capacity exists.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000094#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The report identifies five primary technological mitigation options for the materials sector: sharing, repairing and reusing; improving material efficiency; substituting materials with lower lifecycle emissions; adopting low-carbon production processes (such as electrolysis or carbon capture); and increasing the purity and rate of recycling.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000094#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["Industrial decarbonization","European Union Emission Trading Scheme 1","carbon leakage","renewable energy","sustainable procurement","circular economy","carbon price","climate finance"],"geography_discussed":["World","Sweden","Netherlands","France","Germany","Belgium","United Kingdom"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy proposal","economic analysis"]},{"id":"costratri-000279","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/costratri-000279","title":"THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PREPARE AND PREVENT","publisher":{"name":"The Council on Strategic Risks","organization":"the-council-on-strategic-risks"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2019-10","source_url":"https://climateandsecurity.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/the-responsibility-to-prepare-and-prevent_a-climate-security-governance-framework-for-the-21st-century_2019_10.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document argues that while the world faces unprecedented security risks from climate change, it also possesses unprecedented foresight through predictive modeling. 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It aims to address barriers to the adoption of the 2009 Building Energy Code (BEC) by providing techno-economic recommendations and capacity building. The project focuses on five building types (offices, hotels, department stores, medical centers, and condominiums) over 2,000 m2. Key planned activities include establishing energy and GHG baselines, conducting financial and technical assessments of available technologies, performing energy audits on existing buildings for retrofitting, and developing a Measurement, Report and Verification (MRV) framework. 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The paper emphasizes that representation, ownership, and employment inequalities persist, and that online hate speech and state/corporate propaganda are critical threats. It advocates for 'design justice' in ICT development, the inclusion of free software, and the adoption of media policy proposals from social movements. The author proposes the creation of an 'intersectional Media Equity Index' using semi-automated tools to track progress across ownership, employment, and content production.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000079#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Meaningful indicators of social progress in media require an intersectional analysis to avoid misleading statistics; for example, gender parity in newsrooms might be achieved through hiring white women while simultaneously firing men of colour.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000079#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Media representation remains fundamentally unequal, characterized by the 'symbolic annihilation' of minority communities or the 'hypervisibility' and 'misogynoir' experienced by Black women.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000079#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Long-term data from the USA indicates that media ownership and employment fail to reflect demographic parity, with some sectors backsliding as newsrooms shrink.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000079#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 'filter bubble' framework is an inadequate critique of networked publics because it ignores the necessity of 'subaltern counter-publics' for marginalized groups and creates a false equivalency between groups with different power levels.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000079#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Systematic, well-funded anti-democratic propaganda by nation-states and powerful firms is a significant threat to social and ecological progress, extending beyond electoral cycles.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000079#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Free software is a vital tool for social justice, yet it reproduces structural inequalities, with women making up only 2% of code contributors.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000079#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The author proposes an 'intersectional Media Equity Index' to track indicators of ownership, employment, content production, standing, and attention.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000079#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["United States","Brazil","Mexico"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["critique","policy proposal"]},{"id":"climstra-000018","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/climstra-000018","title":"The elephant in the room: fossil fuel non-proliferation","publisher":{"name":"Climate Strategies","organization":"climate-strategies"},"document_type":"statement","language":"en","date_published":"2019-07-16","source_url":"https://climatestrategies.org/the-elephant-in-the-room-fossil-fuel-non-proliferation/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The authors propose a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (FF-NPT) based on three pillars: non-proliferation of new reserves, disarmament of existing infrastructure, and financing low-carbon alternatives. This proposal addresses the gap in the Paris Agreement, which does not mention fossil fuels despite their role as the primary cause of the climate crisis. The authors highlight that 80% of coal, oil, and gas reserves are un-burnable if warming is to be kept below 2°C, and they point to existing national moratoria in countries like New Zealand and France as evidence of growing political momentum for supply-side climate policy.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000018#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The Paris Agreement fails to mention fossil fuels, despite the burning of these fuels being the primary driver of the climate crisis.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000018#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Current energy trends conflict with climate science; while the IPCC SR15 calls for a 45% cut in carbon emissions by 2030, global demand for oil, gas, and coal is increasing, with fossil fuels comprising 81% of energy use.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000018#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Carbon Tracker estimates that 80% of existing coal, oil, and gas reserves must remain un-burnable to limit global warming to below 2°C.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000018#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The proposed Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (FF-NPT) would be structured around three pillars: non-proliferation (no new reserves), disarmament (managed decline of existing infrastructure), and peaceful use (financing low-carbon alternatives via a Global Transition Fund).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000018#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is existing political momentum for supply-side policies, evidenced by oil exploration and production moratoria in countries including New Zealand, France, Belize, and Costa Rica.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climstra-000018#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["Paris Agreement","carbon dioxide emissions","fossil-fuel divestment","coal","petroleum","natural gas"],"geography_discussed":["New Zealand","France","Belize","Costa Rica"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy proposal"]},{"id":"eninnova-000018","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/eninnova-000018","title":"Wholesale Electricity Market Design for Rapid Decarbonization","publisher":{"name":"Energy Innovation","organization":"energy-innovation"},"document_type":"executive summary","language":"en","date_published":"2019-06-25","source_url":"https://energyinnovation.org/report/wholesale-electricity-market-design-for-rapid-decarbonization/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"This executive summary discusses the need for wholesale electricity market reform to accommodate the transition from large, fossil-fuel-burning power plants to cheaper, smaller, carbon-free resources. It introduces two proposed pathways for market evolution: a decentralized approach emphasizing bilateral contracting and a hybrid approach combining long-term markets with short-term spot markets.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"eninnova-000018#summary","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Current wholesale electricity market rules were designed for a system characterized by large central power plants and inflexible consumer demand, but the resource mix is shifting as carbon-free resources replace fossil fuel-burning plants.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"eninnova-000018#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"One proposed pathway for market evolution is a decentralized approach that maintains current energy markets while increasing robust bilateral contracting between wholesale buyers and sellers. This structure, combined with low-carbon investment policy, is suggested to ensure resource adequacy and rapid decarbonization at the lowest reasonable cost to consumers.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"eninnova-000018#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"An alternative proposed pathway is a hybrid solution that integrates long-term markets with existing short-term spot markets to encourage investment in zero-carbon resources and complementary clean energy technologies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"eninnova-000018#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-08-17"}],"climate_tags":["energy transition","decarbonization","electricity markets","clean energy"],"geography_discussed":[],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy proposal","market design"]}]}