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Has the Policy Window Closed? A Critical Analysis of South Africa’s Inclusive Education Policy

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
To assess whether the policy window opened by White Paper Six (WP6) has closed, this article traces the historical path of the policy and reviews pertinent policy documents and research to date on inclusive education in South Africa.
Alisha M. B. Brown
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Deep Q-Network for Optimal Decision for Top-Coal Caving

open access: yesEnergies, 2020
In top-coal caving, the window control of hydraulic support is a key issue to the perfect economic benefit. The window is driven by the electro-hydraulic control system whose command is produced by the control model and the corresponding algorithm ...
Yi Yang   +4 more
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Using Entropy to Evaluate the Impact of Monetary Policy Shocks on Financial Networks

open access: yesEntropy, 2021
We analyze the changes in the financial network built using the Dow Jones Industrial Average components following monetary policy shocks. Monetary policy shocks are measured through unexpected changes in the federal funds rate in the United States.
Petre Caraiani, Alexandru Vasile Lazarec
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Nailing Shut the Policy Window: The Policy Evolution of America’s First Urban School Voucher Program

open access: yesJournal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, 2015
This article describes the origins and evolution of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, arguing that voucher policy in Milwaukee continues to exist long after the policy window that enabled its creation closed.
Michael Ford
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The role of community health workers in enhancing home and community-based services in American Indian communities

open access: yesPEC Innovation
Objectives: Describe the role and benefit of Community Health Workers in American Indian communities as a novel solution to meeting home and community-based service (HCBS) needs.
Zavera K. Basrai   +4 more
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A policy window and a network of global and local policy entrepreneurs: The introduction of opioid substitution therapy in Belarus

open access: yesCentral 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   +2 more
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DISCOUNT WINDOW POLICY, BANKING CRISES, AND INDETERMINACY OF EQUILIBRIUM [PDF]

open access: yesMacroeconomic Dynamics, 2005
We study how discount window policy affects the frequency of banking crises, the level of investment, and the scope for indeterminacy of equilibrium. Previous work has shown that providing costless liquidity through a discount window has mixed effects in terms of these criteria: It prevents episodes of high liquidity demand from causing crises but can ...
Gaetano Antinolfi, Todd Keister
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Do we need disasters to adopt more environmental policies?

open access: yesEnergy, Sustainability and Society, 2020
Background In this paper, we try to shed light on the question whether natural disasters, such as nuclear accidents, have an impact on policy makers’ activity in passing new green energy policies.
Sherief Emam   +2 more
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Novel carbon dioxide removals techniques must be integrated into the European Union’s climate policies

open access: yesCommunications Earth & Environment, 2023
Given the escalating climate crisis, the task of integrating novel carbon dioxide removals into the European Union’s climate policy is urgent and long overdue.
Mathias Fridahl   +6 more
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A Causal Mechanism of Policy Innovation: The Reform of Colombia’s Oil-Rents Management System

open access: yesRevista de Estudios Sociales, 2018
This article analyzes policy innovation in Colombia, through the adoption of a new centralized oil-rent management system in 2011, after 20 years of decentralized policies.
Bayron Paz, Guillaume Fontaine
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