In Osborne's case, this criticism applies at both the macro level (policy that affects the workings of the economy as a whole) and the micro level (policy that affects individual sectors, both public and private, and the household).
At the same time it's important to recognize that some (but not all) micro-level policies and procedures are influenced rather directly by larger, macro-level policies and standards.
Here it is useful to distinguish between "macro-level" policies, such as agency rules, regulations and directives, mission statements, deployment and rotation policies, Rules-of-Engagement and the like, and "micro-level" policies, such as small unit policies, leader directives and communications, training schedules and policies, and so forth.
These aspects are characterised by the Commission for the Social Determinants of Health, respectively, as 'macro'mesomeso' and 'micro' level policy interventions that are necessary to reduce health inequities [ 1].
Analysis and interpretation of the case study data will be informed by a conceptual framework that emphasises the connections between different (macro/meso/ micro) levels of policy and service organisation, and that draws on the findings of the literature and national policy review in relation to care planning, recovery and personalisation.
This research aims at understanding the relation between urban policies and socioeconomic division on a micro level by investigating how broad urban policies are reflected on a certain part of the city leading to its division.
At the micro level, the analysis focuses on how policies are played out in peri-urban spaces, and the implications for urban governance are discussed.
Taking a more ambitious step, the authors further claimed that "[the enrollment cutoff date] as a policy at the micro level will ultimately result in educational inequality in China through age-related differences in early school performance, classroom practice and competitive school transitions" (Liu and Li 2015: 188).
Our study finds multiple facets of the ATDC, i.e., the cleavage between the macro-level of policy design and micro level of implementation realities; the interplay between knowledge and politics, and appearance of possible alternative development pathways stimulated by ATDCs in African countries.
This study is one of the few research that analyze the implementation process for public health care policy at the micro level in the context of reducing the financial costs of maternal health care.
It hopes to highlight some of the challenges of a health systems and globalisation agenda and of researching the interface between macro level changes and policies and meso and micro level enactment.
