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Energy, pandemics, and urban economics: cost-of-living differences between European cities
No full textThe Impact of local knowledge on projects performance: Analyzing UNDP project evaluations and staff data
No full textAround two thirds of the staff body of international organizations (IO) are locally recruited. As citizens of the host state, there have been questions about their impartiality vis-à-vis the IO mandate and, ultimately, about their impact on the performance of IO policy implementation. This paper presents first conclusive evidence on the positive impact of local staff on project performance, drawn from a mixed method research design of IOs in the United Nations (UN) system. First, a case study of two key IOs in Lebanon presents qualitative evidence on the impact of local staff on IO performance. Second, a quantitative analysis that combines novel data on the staffing mix in 827 unique office locations in 172 countries across five IOs and 16 years with performance measures drawn from 5,176 IO project evaluations reveals a significant positive relationship. Together, these findings provide robust evidence, suggesting that local staff enhance operational effectiveness through three mechanisms: contextual knowledge, relations with host communities, and engagement as stakeholders in outcomes. These findings underscore the importance of leveraging local human resources to optimize international policy implementation efforts in diverse geopolitical landscapes
Dancing the Dance: A Second-Order Resonance
No full textThere is more to the relationship between systems theory and deconstruction than Andreas Bäcker’s important target article shows. There is a différance within the operations of any one self-referential system as much as within their structural coupling. If Sharon Eyal’s dance piece Soul Chain is indeed called an example of post-dramatic performance, it is important to trace différance as a mode of complex and reflective coupling
Depressive symptoms, task choice, and effort: The moderating effect of personal control on cardiac response
No full textUsing mental contrasting to promote flow experiences at work: A just-in-time adaptive intervention
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Partisan communication in two-stage elections: the effect of primaries on intra-campaign positional shifts in congressional elections
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