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Policy Capacity Under Decentralization: Kindergarten Education Reforms in the Philippines

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper examines the relationship between policy capacity and policy effectiveness in decentralized governance setups. It challenges the conventional view that policy functions should only be decentralized when requisite capacities already exist at lower levels of government. Instead, the paper proposes that capacity can follow function ‐ as
Kidjie Ian Saguin, M. Ramesh
wiley   +1 more source

A Framework for Understanding and Evaluating Localization: The Case of HelpAge International

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many transnational non‐governmental organizations (TNGOs) are reevaluating their organizational forms and norms as they pursue localization. Localization itself is a contested and multifaceted concept, however, complicating the design, implementation, and evaluation of localization efforts.
Hans Peter Schmitz, George E. Mitchell
wiley   +1 more source

Deflationism, explanation and "because". [PDF]

Philos Stud
De Rizzo J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Driven to Serve: Exploring Meaningful Work for Doctors Through the Lens of Public Service Motivation

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper reports on a study of meaningful work amongst doctors in a non‐Western context. This study advances the current understanding of meaningful work by establishing a connection with public service motivation theory. By examining unique contextual features where societal, public systems, institutional, and individual factors are diverse
Abid Hussain, Uma Jogulu, Esme Franken, Rahatulaain Ahmad, Tim Bentley   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deductive Falsification Instead of Inductive Verification As Logical Basis for the Critical Appraisal of Randomised Controlled Trials. [PDF]

Cureus
Mickenautsch S, Yengopal V.
europepmc   +1 more source

When Politics Shapes Administration: Bureaucratic Autonomy, Policy Role Separation, and Organizational Capacity in an Institutionally Weak Public Administration

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of administrative autonomy and the separation of roles in public policy on organizational capacity within hybrid public administration systems, particularly in Colombia. It explores the dynamics between elected officials and civil servants, focusing on how the division of responsibilities and the autonomy granted
Camilo Ignacio González, Pablo Sanabria‐Pulido   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Uncovering Semantic Patterns in Sustainability Research: A Systematic NLP Review

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study maps how Natural Language Processing (NLP) contributes to sustainability. Using a PRISMA‐guided review of 131 English‐language articles from Web of Science (2018–2025), we combine bibliometric co‐word mapping with BERTopic to derive complementary structural and semantic views. Four themes emerge: Topic 0—Climate Change Discourse and
Ehsan Tashakori, Yaser Sobhanifard, Adel Aazami, Rahim Khanizad   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Logic-based Approach and Visualization for the Nuclear Medicine Rescheduling Problem. [PDF]

J Med Syst
Marte C, Mochi M, Dodaro C, Galatà G, Maratea M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Evaluating the Ability of ChatGPT and DeepSeek to Solve Propositional Logic Proofs Using the Analytic Tableau Deductive System

Taís Rodrigues Sandes, Davi Romero de Vasconcelos, Maria Viviane de Menezes, Victória De Oliveira Lima   +3 more
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Political Stability and Economic Development: Institutional Sclerosis and the Moderating Role of Institutions

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the non‐linear effects of political stability on economic development and explores the moderating role of institutional factors. Drawing on panel data from 162 countries between 2007 and 2022, we employ a system generalised method of moments (system‐GMM) estimator to test the hypothesis that political stability follows ...
Yu Ri Kim, Woojin Kim, Yunseo Roh, Taewoo Roh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source