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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

Designing for equity: A rapid review of STEM intervention strategies and outcomes for disadvantaged students

open access: yesReview of Education, Volume 14, Issue 3, December 2026.
Abstract Despite significant recent growth in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields, disadvantaged groups continue to face systematic barriers in accessing STEM education opportunities. In response, a wide range of K–12 STEM interventions have emerged to address these inequities.
Rachel McGettrick   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Generalized prejudice and support for democracy among People of Color

open access: yesAnalyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, Volume 26, Issue 3, December 2026.
Abstract The last decade of U.S. American political life has been described as “unprecedented times”. For many in the U.S., watching governmental norms erode and favor a select few elites over the common people signals that we are in a time of democratic backsliding.
Gretchen Nihill   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Does Our Degrading System Perform?

open access: yesQuality and Reliability Engineering International, Volume 42, Issue 7, Page 3891-3901, November 2026.
ABSTRACT We discuss the quality of performance of degrading systems when degradation is modeled by a stochastic process with independent increments and increasing sample paths. As an example, the gamma process is considered. First, for the continuously observed degradation, by comparing with the black‐box scenario (without observing degradation), the ...
Maxim Finkelstein   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does the Adoption of Improved Cassava Varieties Boost Productivity in Ghana? The Role of Technology, Management, and Structural Gaps

open access: yesWorld Food Policy, Volume 12, Issue 2, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Agricultural development initiatives in sub‐Saharan Africa have emphasized improved crop varieties as a pathway to food security, resilience, and rural poverty reduction. However, empirical evidence often focuses narrowly on plot‐level outcomes and overlooks whole‐farm effects and the substantial heterogeneity in farmers' management practices,
Kodjo Kondo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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