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From policy to impact: an ongoing assessment framework for anti-corruption risk governance in South Africa

Development Studies Research
Corruption remains a persistent governance challenge in South Africa, where comprehensive anti-corruption policies and institutions have achieved limited impact.
Nkosingiphile Mkhize, Danielle Nel-Sanders   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Building capacity in vector‐borne plant virus research: The CONNECTED Network

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Plant viruses spread by insects decimate crop yields globally, causing food security challenges in vulnerable areas, including regions of Africa. Interdisciplinary research is needed to protect future crop supplies. CONNECTED, the Community Network for African Vector‐Borne Plant Viruses, increased research capacity in Central, East, West and Southern ...
Nina F. Ockendon‐Powell, Diane L. Hird, Alice Beck, Heather Child, Helen Thomas‐Hughes, Neil Boonham, Gary D. Foster, Bruce Cronin, Andy M. Bailey   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Development Finance on Energy Transitions and Green Growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While global agendas promote energy transition and green growth, Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) struggles with low energy access, highlighting a development paradox between climate goals and energy poverty. By aligning aid and development finance with SDGs 7 and 13, we analyze whether development finance is at a crossroads in supporting ...
Clement Oteng, Pius Gamette, Edward Kweku Nunoo, Frederick Takyi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing an evidence‐based model to implement co‐governance

Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract Governments are seeking innovative ways to address complex policy issues in increasingly fragmented and fiscally constrained service contexts. Co‐governance is a relatively new mechanism for facilitating collective decision‐making between government and other stakeholders. Effective co‐governance can be difficult to establish and resource‐ and
Shona Marie Bates, Ciara Smyth, Ilan Katz, Bingqin Li, Fiona Haigh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Foreign Aid to Timor-Leste and the Rise of China

Journal of International Studies, 2020
Foreign aid forms an important part of a state’s identity within the international system. The established dichotomy saw developed countries giving aid, while developing countries were receiving it.
Cristian Talesco
doaj  

Unpacking China's Digital Ascent in the Global South: The Case of Huawei in North Africa

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite frequent concerns in Western policy and media circles about the risks of using Chinese telecommunications suppliers, firms like Huawei have encountered little resistance from governments or citizens in the Global South. Empirical research explaining this acceptance remains limited.
Tin Hinane El Kadi
wiley   +1 more source

Inhibition of peripheral CB1 receptors modulates food intake and metabolic efficiency in obesity independently of the gut–brain vagal axis

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background and Purpose Obesity involves profound disruptions in neuronal circuits, neuroendocrine communication and the endocannabinoid system. While global blockade of cannabinoid CB1 receptors improves metabolism, its clinical use is limited by neuropsychiatric side effects.
Oriane Onimus, Camille de Almeida, Benoit Bertrand, Julien Castel, Nejmeh Mashhour, Anthony Ansoult, Serge Luquet, Giuseppe Gangarossa   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developmental or Liberal? How Japan and South Korea Diffuse Hybrid Financial Market Norms

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT East Asian economies have become major creditors in recent decades. However, while existing studies address the macroeconomic impact on the global economy of capital flows from East Asian economies, the impact of norm and policy diffusion that accompany such flows has received relatively little attention.
Yaechan Lee, Saori N. Katada
wiley   +1 more source

Distinct stem cell identities converge into shared erythroid stress in ERCC6L2 disease and Shwachman-Diamond syndrome. [PDF]

Hemasphere
Abstract ERCC6L2 disease (ED) is a rare bone marrow failure syndrome caused by biallelic germline mutations in ERCC6L2. ED leads to the accumulation of somatic TP53 mutations, myelodysplastic syndrome, and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with erythroid predominance and poor prognosis.
Langohr L, Kaaja I, Douglas SPM, Nebelung H, Koski J, Ikonen I, Katainen L, Maljanen K, Hakkarainen M, Räisänen T, Niinimäki R, Kakko S, Siitonen T, Adhikari S, Vähä-Koskela M, Heckman CA, Lahtela J, Wartiovaara-Kautto U, Pitkänen E, Kilpivaara O.   +19 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Exploring the Challenges and Legal Implications of Secondary Use of Health Data in South Africa

Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The sharing of health data advances knowledge, fosters innovation, and promotes evidence‐based decision‐making. This practice involves using existing data for collaborative research or for purposes other than those for which it was originally collected.
Aliki Edgcumbe, Adéle Strydom, Donrich Willem Thaldar, Michael Sean Pepper   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source