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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
doaj   +1 more source

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
openaire   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

Local municipalities and the influence of national networks on city climate governance: Small places with big possibilities

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2022
Reaching the 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement not only requires ambitious goals from national governments, but also the active participation of local municipalities. It is in cities where climate actions need to be implemented to reduce greenhouse gas
Cynthia Coulombe   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Optimization of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Policy of Scientific and Technological Entrepreneur Talent Using Regional Competitive Advantage Theory

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Under the background of mass entrepreneurship and innovation, innovative entrepreneurship research is urgently needed for entrepreneurs. The aim was to explore the innovative entrepreneurship consciousness of new entrepreneurs.
Xiaoxuan Yu, Baogui Du
doaj   +1 more source

Three habits of successful policy entrepreneurs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Kingdon's multiple streams approach is popular because its metaphor and flexible concepts can be applied empirically in most contexts. However, this feature is also its weakness.
Paul Cairney, Cairney, Paul
core   +1 more source

A Research Agenda for the Study of Policy Entrepreneurs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The study of policy entrepreneurs as agents of change has developed greatly in recent years, supported by increasingly more sophisticated theoretical and empirical research.
Petridou, Evangelia   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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