October 2016

The Local Health Councils (LHC) in Brazil: From non-design to a "Poor Policy Design” space

The Local Health Councils (LHC) in Brazil is one of the most interesting policy innovations of contemporary Brazilian health reform. Formulated at a time of intense social and institutional change, the LHC can be understood as a social policy resulting from the struggles against the military dictatorship (1964 to 1985) and the battles for hegemony in conducting the re-democratization process. Part of the major health...

Author(s): Felipe Gonçalves Brasil and Ana Claudia N. Capella

October 2016

Networks and coalitions in the implementation of the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in Uganda

Uganda acceded to the International Treaty for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGTFA) in the year 2003. Despite this, there are still gaps in implementation of the treaty in the country. The article provides insights into the systemic interactions and coalitions among actors in the implementation of the treaty and subsequent barriers to the implementation of the ITPGRFA. Using social network...

Author(s): Gloria Atieno Otieno, John Wasswa Mulumba, Aseffa Seyoum Wedajoo, Myoung Jin Lee, Catherine Kiwuka, Richard Ogwal Omara, Joyce Adokorach, Eva Zaake and Michael Halewood