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Global policy transfer for land administration and disaster risk management

open access: yes, 2020
Contemporary global policy development is increasingly shaped through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In parallel, the United Nations initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) plays a leading role in the development and ...
E. Unger   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

How “Rational” Is Urban Public Corruption?

open access: yesUrban Science
This article reviews the literature on both (a) the general theory of public corruption and its evolution over time; and (b) the history of urban public corruption during the modern period into the present. In addition, this article conducts a historical
Cameron Elliott Gordon
doaj   +1 more source

Comprehensive power shifts in the making: China's policy transfer partnerships with the United Nations

open access: yesGlobal Policy
China and the United Nations (UN) have set up a growing number of partnerships to transfer Chinese domestic development policies across the South. By examining these partnerships through a power shift lens, we suggest that UN‐endorsed policy transfer ...
S. Haug, L. Waisbich
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Planning for Sustainable Urban Transport in Southeast Asia: Policy Transfer, Diffusion, and Mobility

open access: yes, 2020
By now, planners everywhere know - more or less - what the ingredients of a sustainable city are, in theory. The problem is that only bits of solutions are being implemented in the cities that most need them, the majority of which are located in the ...
D. Pojani
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The work that goes into policy transfer: Making the Dutch delta approach travel

open access: yesWater Alternatives, 2022
The government of the Netherlands actively frames the country’s delta planning expertise as a musthave solution for sustainable delta management in other countries.
Shahnoor Hasan   +2 more
doaj  

Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survival in Western Kenya: Reduction in Early Deaths and Treatment Abandonment

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An earlier study on children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Kenya reported a low event‐free survival (EFS), excess treatment abandonment, and high induction mortality.
Gilbert Olbara   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

ASSIST: Refinement of a Benefits Navigator Intervention Among Low‐Income Pediatric Oncology Families

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Children with cancer living in poverty experience worse survival and quality of life. Interventions connecting low‐income families to benefits (e.g., Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP] improve health outcomes; yet nearly 50% of SNAP‐eligible pediatric oncology families are unenrolled.
Puja J. Umaretiya   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Cycling … is Not Going to Occur Naturally”: A View on the Research Agenda for Bicycle Mobility in Urban South Africa

open access: yesActive Travel Studies, 2021
Although drafting might be an effective bicycle racing practice, closely following someone else’s lead is not necessarily the best course of action when it comes to bicycle planning – particularly in emerging or starter cycling cities that have ...
Gail Jennings
doaj   +2 more sources

Beyond the Western Horizon: Rethinking Education, Values, and Policy Transfer

open access: yesHandbook of Education Policy Studies, 2020
Over the past four decades, the dominant understanding of education policy has shifted dramatically. In the past, education policy was seen as a reflection of particular historical, political, social, economic, and cultural configurations of a given ...
Iveta Silova, Jeremy Rappleye, E. Auld
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Therapeutic Apheresis in Nigeria: A Multi‐Center Summary of Abstracts From the Inaugural Nigerian Society for Apheresis Scientific Meeting

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Therapeutic apheresis (TA) is an established treatment modality for hematologic, neurologic, and immunologic disorders, yet access remains severely limited in sub‐Saharan Africa. Donor apheresis, including platelet apheresis collection from healthy donors, represents an important complementary modality supporting blood product ...
Nosa Bazuaye   +33 more
wiley   +1 more source

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