Understanding health system responsiveness to public feedback at the sub-national level: Insights from Kilifi County, Kenya by Kagwanja, N, Gilson, L, Tsofa, B, Olivier, J, Leli, H, Molyneux, S

“…In this paper we share a system responsiveness framework to reflect this wider conceptualisation and illustrate how we used this framework combined with Aragon’s insights on organisational capacity, to explore system responsiveness practices at sub-national level in Kenya. Drawing on interviews and group discussions we specifically consider how two governance structures -Health Facility Committees (HFCs) and Sub-County Health Management Teams (SCHMTs)- found in many Low-and-Middle-Income (LMIC) health systems receive, process, and respond to public feedback. …”

Which context matters for capturing energy needs? A multi-level analysis by Puranasamriddhi, A, Trotter, PA, Parikh, P, Batidzirai, B, Brophy, A

“…By contrast, to meet productive use aspirations, associated initiatives may benefit particularly from factoring in economic differences between sub-national regions.…”

Wheat agriculture and family ties by Ang, James, Fredriksson, Per G.

“…Using data from the World Values Survey and the European Values Study, the results show that societies with a legacy of cultivating wheat tend to have weaker family ties. Analysis at the sub-national level (US data) and the country level corroborate these findings. …”
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Review on national identity in architecture through the understanding of its roles, typologies and themes by Rahmat, Muhamad Hanafi, Ismail, Alice Sabrina

“…This paper discusses the roles of architectural national identity from the community perspective (project identity) and government's perspective ('sub-national identity', 'supra-national identity' and 'private identity), the typologies-natural identity, artificial identity (manufactured identity), forced identity and the themes-typology, remembrance (memorial) and geopolitics. …”
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Evaluating the impact, implementation experience and political economy of primary care networks in Kenya: protocol for a mixed methods study by Amboko, B, Nzinga, J, Tsofa, B, Mugo, P, Musiega, A, Maritim, B, Wong, E, Mazzilli, C, Ng’ang’a, W, Hagedorn, B, Turner, G, Musuva, A, Murira, F, Ravishankar, N, Hussein, S, Barasa, E

“…The qualitative study will include a cross-sectional process evaluation and political economy analysis (PEA) using document reviews and approximately 80 in-depth interviews with national and sub-national stakeholders. The process evaluation will assess the emergence of PCN reforms, the implementation experience, the mechanism of impact and how the context affects implementation and outcomes. …”

Landless in God’s own country: development and perpetual struggles in Kerala by Ramapurath Chemmencheri, S

“…Their struggles for land and decent work continue perpetually over generations in spite of several decades of development intervention at the sub-national level. In recent times, the demand for cultivable land has coexisted with the scenario of an agrarian crisis. …”