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The administrative burden reduction policy boom in Europe: comparing mechanisms of policy diffusion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Much has been written on the diffusion of public management and regulatory reform tools. Available evidence suggests that cross-national policy diffusion is an increasingly significant phenomenon, especially in the European context.
Wegrich, Kai
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Selection and Oversight in the Public Sector, With the Los Angeles Police Department as an Example [PDF]

open access: yes
I offer theoretical and empirical observations on the oversight of public sector employees. I argue that it is unreasonable to expect that the solutions typically considered in the literature will be effective with public sector employees, because ...
Canice Prendergast
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Homeless Social Service Workers as Street-Level Bureaucrats

open access: yes, 2018
Social service outreach workers serving homeless populations exemplify what Michael Lipsky calls street-level bureaucrats (SLBs) who exercise discretionary power in the performance of their professional roles. This dissertation draws on over 200 hours of ethnographic fieldwork in an urban center in the Mountain West to examine the challenges faced by ...
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Administrative barriers to foreign investment in developing countries [PDF]

open access: yes
Recent international experience has shown that excessively complex administrative procedures, required to establish, and operate a business, discourage inflows of foreign direct investment.
Lumenga Neso, Olivier, Morisset, Jacques
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A street view of groundwater policymaking and management in Azraq, Jordan

open access: yesWater Alternatives
Groundwater management is a complex task that includes a multitude of actors. It is even more complicated in water scarce countries with less well-established formal water governance structures.
Hoor Al-Amin   +2 more
doaj  

Education Corruption, Reform, and Growth: Case of Post-Soviet Russia [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper investigates a possible impact of education corruption on economic growth in Russia. It argues that high levels of education corruption may harm total factor productivity in the long run, primarily through lowering the level of human capital ...
Osipian, Ararat
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Street-Level Innovators: The Role of Street-Level Bureaucrats in Driving Local Innovation

open access: yesJournal of Public Policy and Administration
This study examined the roles and importance of street-level bureaucrats in advancing innovation in local government. While previous research has emphasized their influence on policymaking in security, welfare, and education, this study focused on their role in innovation, based on perspectives of professionals and managers in the field.
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