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Journal of Public Administration and Policy Research
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This is an Open Access Journal

Open Access journal
ISSN (Online) 2141-2480
Published by Academic Journals

[33 journals]

Aid-for-trade (AfT) and global justice: The European Union (EU) in Africa
- Abstract: There is no doubt that Aid-for-Trade (AfT) has enhanced trade between Africa and the EU. However, although Africa has benefited, the gains to the EU appear to be much higher. Moreover, the benefits of AfT until now have also accrued disproportionately to more developed African countries. This paper critically assesses the effects of EU-AfT provision to bolster trade-related support in Africa...
  PubDate: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +010
Pockets of effectiveness in Ghana’s public sector: The driver and
vehicle licensing authority in perspective
- Abstract: The transformation of the public sector from a moribund to a result-oriented institution has been a subject of academic discourse. This article based on empirical study contributes to this discourse by examining the pockets of effectiveness, the push factors and the challenges to the sustenance of the pockets of productivity using the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority in Ghana as a case...
  PubDate: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +010
Internal control systems and the financial management function in urban
governance in Uganda
- Abstract: In Uganda like many developing countries, financial management units are facing numerous performance challenges as a result of untold pressure, overwhelming deadlines, limited resources, political patronage and limited professional skills among the practioners. To unravel these impediments, drastic mechanisms need to be put in place to ensure a common balance among all stakeholders; financia...
  PubDate: Sat, 31 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +010
Entrepreneurship education and the professionalisation of higher education
- Abstract: Considerable concern is being paid to the professionalization of education. Professionalising higher education in a way in many countries is trying to build a bridge between theory and practice. First of all, it is important to know and understand that academics cannot be professionalised. This paper aims to explore a way to professionalise higher education. Data for the study is based on bo...
  PubDate: Sat, 31 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +010
Basis for policy formulation: Systematic policy analysis or intuitive
policy decision'
- Abstract: This study aims at assessing the extent to which the Ethiopian policies are based on rational policy analysis. Explanatory analysis methods are used to analyze primary and secondary qualitative data. The finding shows that in the policy making process only one policy option was investigated and crafted; the criteria used to evaluate the proposal are not clear; sophisticated solution methods ...
  PubDate: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +010
The digitally induced increase of wicked problems as a challenge for
politics and public management
- Abstract: This paper aims to shed light on the connection between two developments that are increasingly shaping countries all over the world, especially in the western hemisphere: The boost in wicked problems and the rapidly advancing digitization. It also deals with the challenges this poses to politics and public administration. Some fields of action, which are closely related to the current socio-...
  PubDate: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +010
Why public services matter: Linking citizen quality of life to local
government services
- Abstract: As public demand for greater governmental efficiency and accountability continues to grow, it is essential for public policy-makers and administrators to justify the provision of public services through various performance measures. Citizen quality of life is a common indicator of government performance within the emergent literature as the existence of numerous public entities is predicated...
  PubDate: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +010
HIV and AIDS mainstreaming in Uganda’s higher education sector strategic
direction: A case of Uganda Management Institute
- Abstract: HIV and AIDS mainstreaming in the development arena has been a point of emphasis globally over the years. The higher education sector has also put emphasis on the campaign to have HIV and AIDS issues mainstreamed for in all strategies and operations. The purpose of this study is to investigate how HIV and AIDS mainstreaming has been considered in Uganda Management Institute (UMI) strategic d...
  PubDate: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +010
Pursuing Sustainable Development Goals in Uganda: Do anti-corruption
strategies of Management Development Institutes matter'
- Abstract: Sustainable development refers to using resources sparingly so that future generations may also use them for development. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a global development agenda adopted in 2015 to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all. The 15-year development agenda recognizes eradication of poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme pove...
  PubDate: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +010
China’s path of rural poverty alleviation through health care financing:
The case of Taijiang County-Guizhou Province
- Abstract: China has made considerable progress in economic, social, cultural and political fields since reform and opening-up started in 1978. In the last forty years the country lifted over 700 million people out of poverty by implementing large-scale, long-lasting, government-led, and very effective rural poverty alleviation and development plan. In health care financing, the country also achieved u...
  PubDate: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +010