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Papua New Guinea's Public Services Commission since independence: Sidelined or strengthened?
Abstract This paper investigates reforms to the Public Services Commission (PSC) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) since independence in 1975. It looks at the original role of the PSC and then the various reforms it has been subject to: in 1986, 2003, and 2013, by constitutional and legislative change, and in 2019, by court ruling.
Nematullah Bizhan, Stephen Howes
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Perceptions, acceptability, and utilization of HIV self-testing kits among young people in urban slums in Kampala. [PDF]
Segawa MC +10 more
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Games and gamification projects in the Australian public sector
Abstract This article surveys the arrival of gameful government into Australian public sector practice. Gameful government is a shorthand, descriptive term denoting the interpenetration of (video)games, and design elements and thinking from them, into public sector work.
David Threlfall, Catherine Althaus
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Abstract This article presents the main results of a study on the over‐representation of foreign students in special education in Spain. The research methodology is qualitative: 26 interviews were conducted in southern Spain with professionals working in the field of education and with 13 relatives of migrant children with disabilities, with the aim of
Cristina Goenechea +3 more
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Prevalence and patterns of traditional and e-cigarette use, and factors associated with e-cigarette use. [PDF]
Assadi RA +2 more
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Why Should we Worry about Nigeria's Fragile Security?
Abstract This paper explores the multifaceted implications of Nigeria's persistent security crisis, highlighting its domestic, regional and global consequences. It examines the humanitarian toll, economic disruption, poverty, food insecurity and the erosion of social cohesion within Nigeria. Regionally, it analyses how Nigeria's instability exacerbates
Onyedikachi Madueke
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Predictors of Family Planning Choices in Rwanda: Insights from the 2019-2020 Demographic and Health Survey. [PDF]
Kubahoniyesu T, Mugabo H.
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Abstract Peer influence in adolescence and early adulthood is critical to the formation of beliefs about appropriate behaviour for each gender. Complicating matters, recent studies suggest that men overestimate peer support for inequitable gender norms. Combined with social conformity, this susceptibility to ‘norm misperception’ may represent a barrier
Alexander M. Ishungisa +5 more
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