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Using a policy learning lens to understand health financing policy outcomes: the case of translating strategic health purchasing into policy and practice in Burkina Faso. [PDF]

BMJ Glob Health
Kiendrébéogo JA, De Allegri M, Van Damme W, Meessen B.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Does Policy Learning Meet the Standards of an Analytical Framework of the Policy Process? [PDF]

Policy Stud J, 2018
Dunlop CA, Radaelli CM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Learning among Regional Governments. Quality of Policy Learning and Policy Transfer in Regional Lifelong Learning Policies

, 2007
The research programme has been designed to investigate in what ways the regional governments can upgrade the quality of policies affecting vocational education and training, and, more generally, lifelong learning, through transactional cooperation and mutual learning.
FEDERIGHI, PAOLO, C. Abreu, E. Nuissl von Rein   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Price Premiums for Single‐Name and Compound‐Name Geographical Indications in Swiss Cheese Trade

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Geographical indications (GIs) have become increasingly important in agri‐food markets, especially in Europe. For Swiss cheese imports and exports, we analyze whether GIs are associated with higher trade prices. We find that price premiums can be obtained for both exports and imports. However, this is only the case for cheeses with single name
Judith Irek
wiley   +1 more source

Politics of policy learning: Evaluating an experiment on free pricing arrangements in Dutch dental care. [PDF]

Evaluation (Lond), 2018
Felder M, van de Bovenkamp H, de Bont A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Bootstrapped Policy Learning

Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS
Reinforcement Learning (RL) shows promise in optimizing task-oriented dialogue policies, but addressing the challenge of reward sparsity remains challenging. Curriculum learning offers an effective solution by strategically training dialogue policies from simple to complex, facilitating a smooth knowledge transition across varied goal complexities ...
Zhao, Yangyang, Dastani, Mehdi, Wang, Shihan   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Farmers' Participation in Messenger‐Based Social Groups And Its Effects on Performance in Irrigated Areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov, Abdusame Tadjiev, Nodir Djanibekov, Ajit Govind, Akmal Akramkhanov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resilience of Small Beef Packers and the USDA Meat Supply Chain Initiative

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We focus on the plant‐size resilience relationship among small beef packers during COVID‐19. Defining resilience as the ability to maintain or increase slaughter and non‐resilience as otherwise, we use survey and secondary data to estimate a logit model where resilience is a function of a plant's capacity and age in addition to labor condition
Sunil P. Dhoubhadel, Azzeddine Azzam, Binod Khanal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
wiley   +1 more source

Growth of Omnichannel Grocery Retailing and Food Prices

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of the growth of omnichannel grocery retailing on food prices. We first develop a conceptual model of consumer choice and retailer pricing that allows us to evaluate changes in equilibrium prices, quantities, and profits with online channel growth and alternative pricing strategies.
Xiangwen Kong, Metin Çakır, Qingxiao Li   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source