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Localization Through Coordination? Implementing the Humanitarian‐Development‐Peace Nexus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As a global concept and initiative, the Humanitarian‐Development‐Peace Nexus (HDPN) aims to improve integration across the traditionally siloed humanitarian, development, and security sectors, while foregrounding the involvement of local actors.
Marie‐Eve Desrosiers   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Changing Landscape of Export Credit Agencies in the Context of the Global Financial Crisis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Explores the increase since 2008 in official ECAs' guarantees for financing trade and investment, regional cooperation, ties with multilateral development banks, and public-private partnerships.

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A Framework for Understanding and Evaluating Localization: The Case of HelpAge International

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many transnational non‐governmental organizations (TNGOs) are reevaluating their organizational forms and norms as they pursue localization. Localization itself is a contested and multifaceted concept, however, complicating the design, implementation, and evaluation of localization efforts.
Hans Peter Schmitz, George E. Mitchell
wiley   +1 more source

Grower Heterogeneity and Governance: Authority, Access, and Countervailing Power [PDF]

open access: yes
The increasing differentiation on the supply side of agricultural and horticultural markets has resulted in many governance structure changes between growers and wholesalers.
Hendrikse, George W.J.
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Reflections on Comparative Teaching in Public Administration

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article integrates our scholarly experience of teaching comparative public administration. In doing so, we offer a unique perspective as the co‐authors carry several diverse attributes, among them their countries of origin, current country in which they are teaching, and their academic experience.
Kim Moloney   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rate transient analysis for multilateral horizontal well in natural gas hydrate: superposition principle and reciprocity

open access: yesInternational Journal of Coal Science & Technology
Due to high energy density, clean combustion products and abundant resources, natural gas hydrates (NGHs) have been regarded as an important clean energy source with the potential for large-scale development and utilization.
Tianbi Ma   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multilateral agricultural trade liberalization: The contrasting fortunes of developing countries in the Doha Round [PDF]

open access: yes
An applied general equilibrium model is used to assess the impact of multilateral trade liberalization in agriculture, with particular emphasis on developing countries.
Antoine Bouet, Yvan Decreux, Sébastien Jean   +1 more
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Banking on Nature's Assets: How Multilateral Development Banks Can Strengthen Development by Using Ecosystem Services [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Outlines the benefits of integrating the management of ecosystem services and trade-offs into strategies to improve economic development outcomes, mitigate climate change effects, and reduce economic and human costs.
Cecilia Procope Repinski   +2 more
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Considering Intermediaries as Relational Localizers: A Case Study of Localization in the Thai–Southeast Myanmar Border Humanitarian Response

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Two conceptualizations of pathways to moderating power asymmetries in humanitarian practice have emerged in localization discourse—one emphasizing procedural reforms and the other highlighting relational transformation. Dominant Global North‐mediated localization frameworks emphasize procedural approaches with a focus on shifting to a direct ...
Meghan Sullivan
wiley   +1 more source

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