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Shaping Policy Change in Population Health: Policy Entrepreneurs, Ideas, and Institutions [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2018
Political realities and institutional structures are often ignored when gathering evidence to influence population health policies. If these policies are to be successful, social science literature on policy change should be integrated into the ...
Daniel Béland, Tarun R. Katapally
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Raising complex public health challenges on local government agendas: a Norwegian case study [PDF]

open access: yesHealth Research Policy and Systems
Background Public health challenges, ranging from noncommunicable disease prevention to pandemic preparedness, involve both policymaking and the handling of complexity at local, national or global level.
Kristine Løkås Vigsnes   +3 more
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The strategy of venue creation: Explaining health policy change in Greece

open access: yesInternational Review of Public Policy, 2022
How do policy entrepreneurs affect policy change in environments of institutional instability? The literature has predominantly explored policy entrepreneur strategizing in contexts with established institutional settings.
Maria Mavrikou   +2 more
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Using telehealth to support community health workers in Uganda during COVID-19: a mixed-method study

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a local consortium in Uganda set up a telehealth approach that aimed to educate 3,500 Community Health Workers (CHW) in rural areas about COVID-19, help them identify, refer and care for potential COVID ...
Maarten Olivier Kok   +6 more
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Creating a Policy Environment for Entrepreneurs [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2006
This paper demonstrates that levels of entrepreneurship can be greatly affected by the general policy environment. Using a state-level panel, we estimate the effects of several policy variables on rates of entrepreneurship and find that bankruptcy exemptions, corporate tax rates, and the level of the minimum wage all affect a state's rate of ...
Thomas A. Garrett, Howard J. Wall
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A just transition from the perspective of Finnish peat entrepreneurs [PDF]

open access: yesMires and Peat, 2022
The Paris Climate Change Agreement and the European Union (EU) Green Deal transitional assistance policy use the Just Transition (JT) process to support the business sectors most affected by actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Kari Laasasenaho   +2 more
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The role of aid agencies within environmental cooperation in Congo Basin: facilitators or policy entrepreneurs?

open access: yesDevelopment Studies Research, 2021
Environmental cooperation in the Congo Basin region is facing a paradox as the region has an inflow of aid but deforestation and poverty continue to grow.
Minette Nago
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Navigating the policy stream: Contested solutions and organizational strategies of policy entrepreneurship

open access: yesInternational Review of Public Policy, 2020
In the Multiple Streams Framework (MSF), policy entrepreneurs are primarily defined by their ability to promote and seek support for policy solutions.
Livia Johannesson, Martin Qvist
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How can we drive sustainability transitions?

open access: yesPolicy Design and Practice, 2022
Sustainability transitions are required to address challenges of climate change, economic development, ecological integrity, and social justice. Driving sustainability transitions is difficult but necessary work.
Michael Mintrom, Briony C. Rogers
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