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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

Do Policy Capacities Matter for Federal Policy Design? Evidence From the Implementation of Three Social Policies in Brazil

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bringing together the literature on policy design, policy capacity and policy making in multilevel systems, this paper argues that the effectiveness of policy design in federal countries depends, ceteris paribus, on the adequacy of federal and local policy capacities.
Giliberto Capano, Vanessa Elias de Oliveira   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of mace training on strength, flexibility, and stability in elite wrestlers: a randomized controlled trial. [PDF]

BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil
Akaras E, Öztop B, Gencoglu C, Ulupinar S, Özbay S, Küt MG, Turan M, Yagiz G.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Reflections on Comparative Teaching in Public Administration

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article integrates our scholarly experience of teaching comparative public administration. In doing so, we offer a unique perspective as the co‐authors carry several diverse attributes, among them their countries of origin, current country in which they are teaching, and their academic experience.
Kim Moloney, Kohei Suzuki, Mehmet Demircioglu, Cristina Stanica, Srinivas Yerramsetti, Aroon P. Manoharan, James L. Perry   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incorporating wrestling into physical education curriculum for the development of physical activity and anti-bullying intervention. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Peng W, Wang L, Li Q.
europepmc   +1 more source

Rethinking Public Administration Reform: Institutional Layering of Bureaucratic, Managerial and Community Logics Over Time in Nigeria's Tax Administration

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The reform of public institutions has attracted sustained attention in both scholarship and policymaking. Increasingly, however, there is growing recognition that reforms are rarely implemented in an institutional vacuum. Instead, new reforms are layered onto existing arrangements, producing hybrid institutional landscapes shaped by prior ...
Edidiong Bassey
wiley   +1 more source

Weight Loss Trends in Women's Wrestling and Potential Implications of Menstrual Cycle: A Narrative Review. [PDF]

Nutrients
Jagim AR, Fields JB, Jones MT.
europepmc   +1 more source

Why do we burn? Examining arguments underpinning the use of prescribed burning to manage wildfire risk

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Managing wildfire risk requires consideration of complex and uncertain scientific evidence as well as trade‐offs between different values and goals. Conflicting perspectives on what values and goals are most important, what ought to be done and what trade‐offs are acceptable complicate those decisions.
Pele J. Cannon, Sarah Clement
wiley   +1 more source

Arthroscopic Bankart Repair for the Management of Anterior Shoulder Instability in Professional Martial Arts Athletes: 5-Year Follow-up Results. [PDF]

Orthop J Sports Med
İnce Y, Korkmaz T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Title IX: Creating Unequal Equality through Application of the Proportionality Standard in Collegiate Athletics [PDF]

, 2012
Ambrosius, Brenda L.
core   +1 more source