Public Policy and its Impact

Public Policy and its Impact

 This is mainly to analyze the vending problem within Dhaka city, basically as it is environmentally oriented and to know some of the possible causes and consequences. Also, an important aspect is the provision of possible solutions to the problem through further research.

Problem Identification

The main problem within Dhaka city is the one brought about by vendors as they bring about garbage on the streets. It is an excellent problem as we clearly understand that much of the waste materials after making sales get thrown off on the footpaths when consumers on the streets purchase items from the same vendors (Bardach, 2015). Papers from the foodstuffs get rid of, thus making the roads and trails look messy. The crowding of the footpath also a significant problem since such vendors sell products on the same street resulting in congestion during the process of shopping.

It is a problem and an issue of concern because the planning of the city street had no specific provision for the same vendors. The vendors hence believed to be possessed illegally within the footpath and the sidewalks (Bryman, 2012). It, therefore, gets to be a problem majorly because it results in an urbanscape that looks quite unpleasant and thus gets to obstruct and hinderance to many of the pedestrians.

Several reasons resulted in the development of the same problem within Dhaka city. Most of the dwellers living in the town get considered poor people. With that being the case, we realize that they have less or little skills that can get described as formal that can provide them with the opportunity to work in the legal sector. They will henceforth opt to do a particular kind of job that provides them with a little money to raise some income. If that’s the case, most of them prefer doing vending within the urban environment. It is also clear that most of them migrated from the rural areas moving to the civic center in the search for job opportunities. They will prefer to do vending within the streets since the activity is informal and requires fewer skills. Most of the individuals within the urban also need income to obtain clothes, food, and shelter. They will, therefore, be so dependent on that particular job to provide for their families. It thus became a problem due to its necessity within the city (Haque, 2010). Its seen as a job, especially to many of the dwellers found living within the urban area. Most of the people have no other way of finding a job opportunity apart from doing vending. It is even hard for local authorities since these people depend much on the same to earn a living. It also becomes a problem when most of the dwellers also depend on the same as shops. Both the low and middle groups of people rely on the business for their day to day welfare (Bryman, 2012). They can afford to go shopping from other shopping centers considered to be luxurious. With that as the case, it also gets to be a problem at hand, forcing people to depend significantly on the vending type of business for the more significant parts of their livelihood.

There is, however, another short term as well as long term consequences as a result of the vending business within Dhaka city. Some of the values that are short term are that there will case of pedestrian obstruction. That is so mainly due to problem of congestion which can happen in footpath and streets (Bardach, 2015). The long-term consequences are that there will be a problem of environmental pollution. That is through waste materials like plastics and papers that get thrown off the footpath after sales to a customer.

Policy Goal and Evaluation Criteria

Public management is the preferred goal for the policy that will work towards solving the problem at hand. It includes facilitating the various changes to the public sector as well as the structure of the given organization to enable them to be in a better position to run. The conditions of the different individuals, as well as that of the environment, can easily get improved through the public management system (Bardach, 2015). The lives of various individuals within the city can easily get enhanced as they benefit through implementing the system. Creators, as well as other stakeholders, can get useful through their participation in the given process of management. If that is the case, the implementation will look to it to ensure that vendors within the streets of Dhaka city get to be responsible for their various deeds and other behavioursbehaviours within the urban environment (Bryman, 2012). The urban dweller’s conditions in the town will get improved through the implementation of public management. The issue of urban governance and that of urban planning can get enhanced by the local authority, which will favourably work towards getting rid of the vendors within the city. The issue of vending gets considered as a type of trade that is illegal as approved by the same authority (Haque, 2010). It is, however, clear that even though it is illegal, a large population of the urban dwellers sees more essence in that particular business as it caters to their livelihood. Urban dwellers will, therefore, have more comfort in the vending business if at all, the public management system gets implemented.

The evaluation criteria get based on researching Dhaka city, for instance, by first carrying out observation as a means of data collection. It is, therefore, relevant to perform an analysis of both types of data, both primary and secondary, using the appropriate source (Bryman, 2012). It is also essential to do venders consultation as well as other customers found within the city of Dhaka and other areas. Finally, it will be relevant to collect data in the digital format for further analysis of the situation of vending within Dhaka city.

Policy Alternatives

A solution to the problem of vending within Dhaka city can get facilitated through the eviction of the same vendors. That can get enhanced by the local authority to minimize the difficulties faced by the city, such as waste on the environments and congestion. It is, however, challenging to facilitate the same since eviction creates other issues for the urban dwellers (Bryman, 2012). That is so because most of the dwellers depend on vending, which caters for most of their lives. That is either via the access shops as they obtain most of the goods from them or by vending itself, which is significant for their livelihood (Haque, 2010). Another alternative that will be relevant in solving the same problem is for vendors to take responsibility. By doing so, it means that they will be responsible for the environment in ensuring that they reduce its destruction. That can get achieved by minimizing the many wastes such as papers that they throw off and other garbage that tend to destroy the nature of the environment.

Eviction, as an alternative, may have some impact on achieving our given goal. That is so because through evicting the various vendors, the local authority might have chances of reaching their objective (Bardach, 2015). There will be no more vendors within the city to pollute the environment with papers or to cause further obstruction of the pedestrians. This alternative can work effectively despite the many problems and limitations it can bring to the urban dwellers (Rizwan, 2016). Taking responsibility by the same vendors might, however, fail to facilitate the reaching of the same goal (Haque, 2010). That is so because many of the vendors hardly take responsibility and therefore have little concern for the environment. We cannot expect to reach our goal only by asking them to take responsibility, which means various challenges will still get met along the way (Bardach, 2015). Both alternatives will fulfil the evaluation criteria since it is only a matter of taking data and performing consultation on the different vendors.

Recommendations

The problem of vendors within Dhaka city needs further research to come up with more brilliant ideas to solve them. The public management system is an essential kind of policy that will solve the problem since changes get made on the public sector and also the structure for a better move. The local authority should check into the issue, for instance, through eviction to minimize it or completely get rid of the problem.