This paper draws on the policy transfer literature to examine a UK-based initiative topromote supplier diversity and provides insights to three areas neglected in currentresearch. Namely: the dynamics of non-governmental policy transfer; the factors thatmediate policy transfer in different...

This article has its origins in research indicating the promise supplier diversityprogrammes hold in empowering ethnic minority enterprises to achieve breakout tomainstream markets and business growth. From a realist evaluation perspective itreports on the first phase of SDEM (Supplier...

Closing the Coverage Gap discusses how social pensions and other retirement income transfers can be used to close the coverage gap of mandatory pension systems. The book is organized in three parts. The first part makes the case for these programs by assessing the extent of the coverage gap...