Lobbying

In politics, lobbying, persuasion, or interest representation is the act of lawfully attempting to influence the actions, policies, or decisions of government officials, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies. Lobbying, which usually involves direct, face-to-face contact, is done by many types of people, associations and organized groups, including individuals in the private sector, corporations, fellow legislators or government officials, or advocacy groups (interest groups). Lobbyists may be among a legislator's constituencies, meaning a voter or bloc of voters within their electoral district; they may engage in lobbying as a business. Professional lobbyists are people whose business is trying …

Wikipedia

Publications

ECFR: European Council on Foreign Relations · 18 October 2024 English

If Trump wins the US presidency, Republicans will likely adapt techniques refined in Viktor Orban’s Hungary as they return to power – with profound implications…

-lobbying.html https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/253909-hungary-taps-ex-congressman-as-us-spokesman/ esman/ https://vsquare.org/hungary-lobbying-washington-us-viktor-orban-david-reaboi/ https://english t-of-hungary-spent-a-total-of-3-54-million-on-lobbying-washington-in-2018/ Once Fidesz found its counterparts


CDRI: Cambodia Development Resource Institute  · 18 October 2024 English

Following definitions and a description of major trends, this section of the paper will focus on the following areas: • key concepts and insights from the scholarly literature useful as …

international marketing, distribution networks, and lobbying power. MNEs also contribute to the local economy


Cato Institute · 17 October 2024 English

A key piece of the 2016 House Republican Tax Reform Blueprint proposed remaking the corporate income tax into a destination-based cash-flow tax (DBCFT). The new tax would have included a …

profits.” Private sector analyses informed these lobbying efforts, one of which concluded that “slow real


AEI: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · 16 October 2024 English

Over the past decade, demand for corn ethanol has stopped growing, and the prospect of a rapidly expanding electric vehicle fleet has left the ethanol industry struggling to find new …

new emissions standards. The industry is also lobbying for higher proportions of ethanol in conventional


Urban Institute · 16 October 2024 English

Regulatory agencies responsible for the oversight of charitable organizations, defined as the Internal Revenue Service, state attorneys general, secretaries of state, and other state and local charities-regulation officials, play an …

to influence policymakers or local media;  lobbying policymakers on behalf of or against proposed


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 16 October 2024 English

Providing a comprehensive understanding of how different countries are navigating the complexities of maintaining a robust mining sector, supplying the world with critical minerals, and reducing emissions from coal mining …

industry in South Africa is reflected in strong lobbying campaigns, which, according to some non- governmental


IIGCC: The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change · 16 October 2024 English

The guidance is made available with the understanding and expectation that each user will, with due care and diligence, conduct its own investigations and evaluations, and seek its own professional …

Engagement / its direct and indirect international lobbying and Consider in context Climate finance finance


Urban Institute · 16 October 2024 English

Government funding makes up almost one-third of nonprofits' revenue. When the availability of public funding for nonprofits decreases, the communities nonprofits serve feel the effects.

(attempting to influence policy, including via lobbying and nonlobbying activities),  public education


CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 16 October 2024 English

Rapid advances in bioscience and bioengineering hold immense promise for human betterment. But as these disruptive technologies become more widely distributed, their inherently dual-use nature and susceptibility to unintended consequences …

geopolitical calculations, and private sector lobbying—that such risks must be managed in a way that


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 16 October 2024 English

Competition policy is needed for markets to achieve their welfare-improving potential.

enforcing the law. In Fiji a broad mandate and lobbying of government agencies has helped to promote


View more