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An experimental inquiry into the effect of yardstick competition on corruption by Viceisza, Angelino

“…The results reveal that on the incumbent's side, yardstick competition acts as a corruption-taming mechanism only if the incumbent politician is female. …”
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Do electoral coalitions facilitate democratic consolidation in Africa? by Resnick, Danielle

“…However, this article examines whether such coalitions facilitate democratic consolidation in terms of contributing to incumbent turnovers as well as creating competitive, institutionalized party systems. …”
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Paradoxical Permaculture? by Finkill, Guy

“…This study has identified a pattern materialising where permaculture practitioners are (knowingly or unknowingly) bypassing the incumbent food production regime and directly interacting with the socio-technical landscape. …”
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Responsible agricultural mechanization innovation for the sustainable development of Nepal’s hillside farming system by Devkota, Rachana, Pant, Laxmi Prasad, Gartaula, Hom Nath, Patel, Kirit, Gauchan, Devendra, Hambly Odame, Helen, Thapa, Balaram, Raizada, Manish N.

“…Agricultural mechanization in developing countries has taken at least two contested innovation pathways—the “incumbent trajectory” that promotes industrial agriculture, and an “alternative pathway” that supports small-scale mechanization for sustainable development of hillside farming systems. …”
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Disruptive seeds: a scenario approach to explore power shifts in sustainability transformations by Rutting, Lucas, Vervoort, Joost M., Mees, Heleen, Pereira, Laura, Veeger, Marieke, Muiderman, Karlijn, Mangnus, Astrid C, Winkler, Klara, Olsson, Per, Hichert, Tanja, Lane, Richard, Pergher, Bruno Bottega, Christiaens, Laura, Bansal, Nivedita, Hendriks, Abe, Driessen, Peter P.J.

“…Our ‘Disruptive Seeds’ approach focuses on niche practices that actively challenge unsustainable incumbent actors and institutions. We tested this novel approach in a series of participatory pilot workshops. …”
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The role of elected and appointed village leaders in the allocation of public resources: Evidence from a low-income region in China by Mu, Ren, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…In a subsequent election, incumbent village heads who have shown strong favoritism are likely to lose, but resource distribution does not seem to affect the likelihood of the reappointment of a party secretary.…”
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Irrigation innovation: Navigating challenges in Uzbekistan’s water–energy–food–environment nexus by Liutin, Anton, Castañeda Dower, Paul

“…In the recent campaign leading up to the presidential election of July 9, 2023 in Uzbekistan, the incumbent president pledged to ensure the implementation of water-saving technologies across all irrigated lands by 2030. …”
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Back to the brink? Madagascar’s polarizing presidential elections by Resnick, Danielle

“…Many are being mobilized to show different forms of resistance — on the streets and via social media — by the 10 opposition parties called the Collectif des candidats (group of candidates) who claim the incumbent president, Andry Rajoelina, is not qualified to run for a second term and that the electoral process cannot be trusted. …”
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The political impact of refugees in Africa by Demir, Cansu, Mayda, Anna Maria, Maystadt, Jean-François

“…The estimates show that the arrival of refugees increases local support to the national incumbent and reduces political competition, but only when hosting countries implement inclusive policies towards refugees. …”
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Green technology innovation : the perspectives of venture capital by Corning, Nathan

“…Other perceived risks are technology risk, market risk, incumbent actors and capital intensity. Further research can serve to confirm and build upon these results.…”

Training of Trainers on Enhancing Forecasting Capacities and Crop Capability Prediction Model and Tools by Amha, Yosef, Garanganga, Bradwell, Nyakutambwa, Trymore, Kondo, Farai, Demissie, Teferi Dejene, Solomon, Dawit

“…The negative impact of hydro-meteorological hazards on the agricultural sector often leads to food insecurity. It is, therefore, incumbent upon policymakers to formulate appropriate strategies aimed at minimizing the effects of hydro-meteorological hazards on communities and economies. …”
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A nutrition-sensitive circular bioeconomy for food systems transformation in Africa by Abe-Inge, Vincent, Aidoo, Raphael, Kwofie, Ebenezer Miezah, Ulimwengu, John M.

“…However, the implementation momentum of the bioeconomy is incumbent on a well-planned and objective-oriented policy framework that supports generation of scientific evidence and reasonable investment structures, among other requirements for implementation (East African Community 2022; Pachón et al. 2018).…”
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Jatropha developments in Mozambique: analysis of structural conditions influencing Nicheregime interactions by Slingerland, Maja, Schut, Marc

“…The analysis focuses on how structural conditions (infrastructure, institutions, interaction and collaboration and capabilities and resources) enable or constrain interactions between niche-level Jatropha experiments and incumbent energy, agriculture and rural development regimes in Mozambique. …”
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Political economy of protein transition: Battles of power, framings and narratives around a false wicked problem by Béné, Christophe, Lundy, Mark

“…The first part of the paper highlights the relevance of adopting a political economy approach to explore the centrality of factors such as incumbent actors' powers and influence at both national and international levels. …”
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Training of Trainers on Enhancing Forecasting Capacities And Crop Capability Prediction Model/Tool by Amha, Yosef, Garanganga, Bradwell, Nyakutambwa, Trymore, Magagula, Futhi, Mwanza, Morton, Recha, John W.M., Solomon, Dawit

“…The negative impact of hydro-meteorological hazards on agricultural sector oftentimes leads to food insecurity, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It is, therefore, incumbent upon policymakers to formulate appropriate strategies that aimed at minimizing the effects of hydro-meteorological hazards on communities and the economies. …”
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Transition framework for neglected and underutilized crop species by El Bilali, Hamid, Cardone, Gianluigi, Rokka, Susanna, De Falcis, Eleonora, Naino Jika, Abdel Kader, Diawara, Ali Badara, Nouhou, Bassirou

“…The eligible articles were analysed using the Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) on socio-technical transitions and its three elements viz. niches, socio-technical regime and socio-technical landscape: Niches refer to NUS; the socio-technical regime relates to the incumbent, dominant system of major commercial staple crops, and includes factors hindering NUS integration; and the socio-technical landscape refers to policies and macro-trends affecting both the niche and the regime. …”
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Flagship report on policy coherence of food, land and water systems in Nigeria by Osei-Amponsah, Charity, Appiah, Sarah, Balana, Bedru, Sanchez Ramirez, Juan Carlos, Nicol, Alan

“…To achieve policy coherence for sustainable development, the report highlights the need for: 1. strengthening staff and institutional capacities for FLW contextual and policy analysis to effectively identify, anticipate and respond to crisis. 2. developing systemic polycentric decision-making and governance, involving multi-stakeholders at the Federal, State and Local levels. 3. providing sustainable funding for the effective implementation of policy objectives, projects and programmes in the relevant FLW-related sectors 4. maintaining continuity of the implementation of ongoing transformative FLW policy objectives and programmes when an incumbent government comes into power. 5. promoting evidence-based (real time and high-quality data) policy formulation, monitoring, evaluation, and learning.…”
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Enacting theories of change for food systems transformation under climate change by Dinesh, Dhanush, Hegger, Dries, Klerkx, Laurens, Vervoort, Joost M., Campbell, Bruce M., Driessen, Peter P.J.

“…We have identified three types of scholarly insights from innovation, transition and sustainability transformations studies that may inform the next steps: these relate to stimulating novelty across the priority areas, ensuring participation in knowledge production, and reconfiguring incumbent systems to enable implementation of the theory of change.…”
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How to achieve a planetary health diet through system and paradigm change? by Kanerva, Minna, Efstathiou, Sophia, Bene, Christophe, Brock, Samara, Clark, Michael

“…We ask: What drivers—beyond individual practices—can generate system and paradigm-level change? The incumbent actors and structures strongly resist necessary transformative changes but purposive change in food systems is also largely about discursive power (Fuchs et al., 2016), as well as about establishing and cultivating new values, norms, and paradigms, associated with the deeper, stronger leverage points for societal change (Meadows, 1999; Dorninger et al., 2020; see also Kaljonen and Lonkila, forthcoming; Northcott et al., 2023). …”
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Political budget cycles and voting within a federal country: the influence of political alignment by Garofalo, Pablo, Lema, Rolando Daniel, Streb, Jorge M.

“…Our model predicts not only that the president favors politically aligned governors with larger transfers, but also that voters favor gubernatorial candidates aligned with the expected presidential incumbent because larger transfers are expected in the future. …”
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