Policy Capacity Under Decentralization: Kindergarten Education Reforms in the Philippines
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
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Challenges and coping strategies of family caregivers of older adults with dementia in Africa: a systematic review and meta-synthesis. [PDF]
Hailu GN +6 more
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Mitigating Health Disparities Through Empathetic Policymaking During Times of Crisis
ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 pandemic greatly exacerbated the existing disparities and inequities in health and healthcare among historically marginalized populations. Today, these impacts still echo. These persistent structured inequities erode the public's trust in government, lead to failure in public policies, and result in worse health consequences ...
Yali Pang +2 more
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Macro-level determinants of nature connectedness: An exploratory analysis of 61 countries. [PDF]
Richardson M +6 more
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Religion and Regulatory Variance: Halal Regimes as Islamic Public Administration
ABSTRACT One quarter of humanity are Muslims, for whom halal food is an everyday consideration. The global food system has made assessing food products nearly impossible for consumers, requiring elaborate regulatory regimes. This article analyzes halal regulation as a notable example of Islamic public administration (IPA), as an application of ...
Logan Cochrane +2 more
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Faith, fasting, and well-being: Emirates Neurology Society consensus guidelines on safe Ramadan fasting in Parkinson's disease. [PDF]
Mittal SO +9 more
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Theistic Legal Realism and Normative Principles of Law [PDF]
Hernandez, Michael V.
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ABSTRACT Efforts to address gender‐based violence in humanitarian settings increasingly call for recognition of and funding to local women‐led organizations and women's rights organizations for long‐term response. The Empowered Aid initiative seeks to address sexual exploitation and abuse by working with local organizations as well as the refugee women
Jihan Kaisi +4 more
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Experiences of patients with cervical cancer undergoing concurrent chemoradiation therapy at the Korle-Bu teaching hospital in Ghana: an explorative qualitative study. [PDF]
Setsoafia EA +4 more
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