The phrase "a lasting policy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a policy that is intended to remain in effect for a long time or to have enduring effects.
Example: "The government has implemented a lasting policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions over the next decade."
Alternatives: "a sustainable policy" or "an enduring policy".
Now, Michelle Obama said Wednesday, she is looking to make a deeper and more lasting policy impact, by spearheading an initiative to reduce childhood obesity that, she hopes, will create a legacy by which she can be remembered.
If so, it could actually be a helpful opening toward new bipartisan coalitions on important legislation, especially because a clear lesson of the Obama years is that lasting policy change is only possible through legislation supported by members of both parties.
Thusi's research is inextricably connected to her previous legal experience at organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Watch, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and most recently The Opportunity Agenda, a social justice communication lab that collaborates to effect lasting policy and culture change.
This gives the political (and economic) leftwing an opportunity it has not had for many years: a chance to set the terms of the debate and achieve lasting policy reforms, which become the great enablers of social mobility and economic growth in the 21st century.
Samuels is willing to acknowledge surprise, on his part, in how few lasting policy changes the tumultuous events have produced so far.
Colleagues of Mr. Donilon said his most lasting policy legacy would be the administration's shift in priorities from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to the fast-growing economies of Asia.
This methodology, quite plainly, takes no account of lasting policy reforms that deliver longer run benefits to the economy that do not show up in the term of the government implementing them.
We need politicians to walk in their shoes and spend time finding out more about the issues that matter to them if we are to be successful in influencing positive and long lasting policy change.
