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Why and How Do Street‐Level Managers Mobilise Informal Resources as a Routine Managerial Tool?

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Street‐level implementation work routinely involves navigating resource scarcity while still meeting policy demands. Recent literature suggests that frontline workers cope with these challenges through informal practices, including the use of personal resources.
Gabriela Lotta   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Mongolians can find their feet anywhere, except in Mongolia”: Mongolian aspirations and the moral value of migrant labour in Korea

open access: yesThe Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article draws on the narratives of Mongolians who have worked in Korea to explore the experience of migrant labour and the role work abroad plays in Mongolian identities and life projects. Four different categories of worker are discussed: those working on 3 month visas; those working illegally having overstayed their visa; contract ...
P. Chuluunbat, Richard D. G. Irvine
wiley   +1 more source

When brokers fail, brokers proliferate! Generational change and the failure of development in remote Papua New Guinea

open access: yesThe Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent efforts to secure development by Febi and Kubo people in Papua New Guinea's Western Province reveal a patterned history of failing brokers, incomplete projects and wasted money. Within this longer trajectory, three overlapping waves of brokerage can be discerned, each emerging in response to the limitations of its predecessors.
Monica Minnegal, John Cox
wiley   +1 more source

Does High‐speed rail influence the location decisions of knowledge‐intensive firms in Germany?

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract Knowledge‐intensive firms (KIFs) play a crucial role in urban development by fostering networks for knowledge creation. Spatial characteristics, particularly accessibility, shape their locational decisions. The emergence of high‐speed rail (HSR) has significantly altered accessibility patterns in many countries, suggesting an influence on the ...
Manuel Weiß   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Selected Physical and Geotechnical Properties of Loess in Wairarapa Valley, New Zealand

open access: yesNew Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, Volume 69, Issue 4, December 2026.
Loess up to 10 m thick covers marine terraces, old river aggradation terraces, and gentle hill country slopes in Wairarapa, New Zealand. In the drier eastern and southern parts of Wairarapa, the loess is subject to dry summer and autumn and wet winter and spring in most years.
Alan S. Palmer
wiley   +1 more source

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