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Measuring How Water‐Related Policies of the Global South Consider Gender: Insights From Trialling a New Policy Gender Index in Nepal

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies
This paper supports policymakers to consider how well their water‐related policies respond to gender roles, norms and relations. By braiding the latest philosophies on gender mainstreaming with Integrated Water Resources Management and Feminist Policy ...
Susan M. Cuddy, Sanju Koirala, Shahriar Wahid, David J. Penton   +3 more
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Policy Entrepreneurship and Policy Transfer: Flood Risk Governance in Northern Sweden

Central European Journal of Public Policy, 2017
Central to policies relating to risk governance at the regional and local levels is the interaction between the public and private sectors also referred to as networked governance.
Petridou Evangelia, Olausson Pär M.
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Challenges of change facing entrepreneurs and Kuwaiti SMEs

Cogent Business & Management, 2020
This research paper addresses a clear question: what are the critical factors that policy makers and entrepreneurs need to be aware of when operating in transitional economies in order to sustain SMEs?
Nouf Al Bazie, Ashley Braganza
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A policy window and a network of global and local policy entrepreneurs: The introduction of opioid substitution therapy in Belarus

Central European Journal of Public Policy, 2021
Why does a regime that is predominantly characterised by conservative ideology introduce opioid substitution therapy (OST), a liberal policy? This article applies the Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) to examine the introduction of OST in Belarus ...
Babayan Ararat, Schlaufer Caroline, Uldanov Artem   +2 more
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A NeuroD1 AAV‐Based Gene Therapy for Functional Brain Repair in Alzheimer's Disease‐Like Non‐Human Primate Model

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study tests NeuroD1 AAV‐based gene therapy in a non‐human primate Alzheimer's disease model. The therapy prevents neuronal damage, inhibits hippocampal atrophy, and reduces neuroinflammation. It also repairs vascular and blood‐brain barrier damage, restores cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, enhances hippocampal glucose metabolism, and improves ...
Zhouquan Jiang, Yongpeng Qin, Bin Luo, Fan Bai, Jiangyue Liu, Long Ma, Shu He, Rongjie Chen, Yuchen Wang, Shanggong Liu, Ying Sun, Yi Chen, Shuo Zhang, Jiaqi Liang, Feng Liao, Huiyi Wei, Junjie Wei, Lu Wang, Hao Xu, Zheng Wu, Gong Chen, Wenliang Lei   +21 more
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Startup life may stop here: Helping women entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Global Business Insights, 2023
A great emphasis exists in research on entrepreneurs who start small- to medium-size businesses and who are seizing opportunities outside the corporate world, especially in developing countries like Tanzania.
Amr Swid, Emily Rukobo, Elizabeth Maro
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Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
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Introduction [PDF]

, 1981
Background: The importance of supportive business networks has been widely acknowledged in the field of entrepreneurship. Due to the success of informal business networks, the same networking concept is frequently encouraged and applied by regional ...
Hägnemark, Johan, Vilkelyte, Monika
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Disentangling the relationships between denomination of origin regulatory councils activities and Spanish wineries' export performance

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract World markets for quality differentiated agri‐food products are highly competitive, presenting significant challenges for firms aiming to compete effectively. Government agencies and business organizations often implement various export promotion policies to address these challenges.
Nicolás Depetris‐Chauvin, Marta Fernández‐Olmos   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

When words matter: narratives and strategies in the Italian Jobs Act (2014–2016)

Policy & Society, 2019
With the reforms of the so-called ‘Jobs Act’ (JA), Italy aimed to structurally reform its labour market and income-support system, through recalibration (i.e.
Maria Tullia Galanti, Stefano Sacchi
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