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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 11h

♨️ New article!
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How can governments strengthen capacity to adopt #AI in long-term care?
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Si Ying Tan, Lili Li, & @arazth.bsky.social draw on interviews to find that #SG demonstrates analytical and operational capacity but not individual-level political capacity.
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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 1d

♨️New article!
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What is the impact of performance information on citizen satisfaction?
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Xuede Gao & Fei Sun find that while relative performance information influences satisfaction, its effects are fragile in #China.
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🔗https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pad.70023

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 6d

❓ Can political parties in developing countries act as foreign policy agents?
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Yen Wao introduces the idea of foreign policy capacity of parties. Cases from BRICS show how party dominance matters #China #India #Brazil.
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🔗 tinyurl.com/45763pja

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 7d

♨️New article!
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Anil Gurjar & Anupam Ghosh examine the resource use and outputs across #India to identify performance gaps and high achievers to find that larger states outperform the smaller states.
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🔗https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pad.70018

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 8d

♨️ New article!
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What are the factors that increase localization?
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Maryam Zarnegar Deloffre examines four country-based pooled funds to identify types of brokerage models and their effects on localization.
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🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 12d

♨️New article!
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Why do capacity building projects fall short despite efforts?
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Kablan P. Kacou, Lavagnon A. Ika & Lauchlan T. Munro examine this through content analysis of 73 articles to bridge the rigour-relevance gap.
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🔗https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pad.70020

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 15d

♨️New article!
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Haibo Tan, Lihua Yang, Ziteng Fan & Yingying Gao trace public service innovation to propose an integrative model for practitioners in strategically allocating resources across innovation stages.
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🔗https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pad.70017

Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · Sep 6

🔊 On Reviewer Appreciation Day 2025, we announced the Best Reviewer Award, along with notable mentions. We are deeply grateful to Frank Ohemeng (Concordia University) for his timely and thoughtful reviews, and we commend him for his outstanding service to PAD.

Thank you! #reviewerappreciationday

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · Sep 1

📢 On International Reviewer Appreciation Day, PAD thanks our dedicated reviewers!
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🏆 Best Reviewer 2024: Frank L.K. Ohemeng (Concordia University, Canada)
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👏 Special Mentions:
Hanyu Xiao (Hong Kong)

Sisira Kumara (Sri Lanka)

Amy Harris (Univ. of Michigan, USA)

Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · Aug 21

♨️ New article!

How do policies work under instability & low compliance
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Jaime Sainz Santamaría examines the Latin America’s Payment for Ecosystem Services to find that data & analysis identify solutions and politics sustains them.
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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · Aug 15

The #EGPA2025 Conference will be held from 26th to 29th August 2025 at Glasgow, Scotland. The theme is 'EGPA at 50: Prospects for Public Administration across Europe'.
🔗 iias-iisa.org/egpa-2025-co...

Do reach out to our co Editor-in-chief @ianelliott.bsky.social to know more about PAD!

EGPA 2025 Conference

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · Aug 11

Vivian Julian Palmer and Pillay Pregala propose a model for ethical conduct and accountability for public sector in #SouthAfrica for enhanced public service delivery.

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · Jul 29

♨️ New article!
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What are the factors explaining declining #corruption in public sector?
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Luis Garrido-Vergara and Ignacio Cienfuegos examine the case of #Chile to find that #economicgrowth is fundamental in building impartiality in administration
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Mariana Chudnovsky @mariana-chudnovsky.bsky.social · Jul 15

A must read @donmoyn.bsky.social

Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · Jul 14

♨️ Latest from PAD!

This brief report by @donmoyn.bsky.social and Rachael Zuppke describes the death of America's foreign aid agency #USAID, contributing to scholarship to broader debates on political figures and the politics of #development

A must read!

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Patrick Fafard @pfafard.bsky.social · Jul 14

Political science for global public health

Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · Jul 14

♨️ Latest from PAD!

This brief report by @donmoyn.bsky.social and Rachael Zuppke describes the death of America's foreign aid agency #USAID, contributing to scholarship to broader debates on political figures and the politics of #development

A must read!

🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · Jul 15

♨️ Latest from @journalpad.bsky.social !

This brief report by Donald Moynihan and Rachael Zuppke describes the death of America's foreign aid agency #USAID, contributing to scholarship to broader debates on political figures and the politics of #development

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · Jul 16

📢 Curious about our metrics, submission process, or the scope of PAD?
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📑 Explore all the details on our website!
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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · Jul 14

♨️ Latest from PAD!

This brief report by @donmoyn.bsky.social and Rachael Zuppke describes the death of America's foreign aid agency #USAID, contributing to scholarship to broader debates on political figures and the politics of #development

A must read!

🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · Jun 30

♨️ New Article! #PublicProcurement
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Debdatta Saha, Tathagat Singh, Gautam Maheshwari, Kanchan Arora, Kartik, & Kashvi Kapoor examine the government e-Marketplace in #India to find iterative and non-linear change on the platform.
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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · Jun 25

♨️New commentary!
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In this new publication, Dana-Marie Ramjit explores how PA is being reshaped by technology, social movements, and global citizenship.
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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · Jun 18

🔗New article!
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Do leadership and adaptive capacities affect local government performance?
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Emmanuel K. Danso & Robert A. Opoku examine this through survey in #Ghana and use #StructuralEquationModeling to find that they do, via innovation!
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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · Jun 10

📍 Our Co-Editor-in-Chief @ianelliott.bsky.social recently delivered the keynote on 'Public Administration in a Turbulent World' and represented PAD at the 'Meet the Editors roundtable' in the 2nd International Conference on China Policy Studies (ICCPS) 2025 at Beijing Normal University

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · Jun 7

📢Thank you to our authors, reviewers, and readers!

PAD has seen a strong rise :
📊 CiteScore up to 4.0 (from 3.3)
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📈 Ranked 74/242 in Public Administration (up from 86/232)
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🏅 We are now in the 69th percentile — up from 63rd last year!
#PublicAdministration #Development

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · May 29

🌟We are proud to have a diverse editorial board with members from over 15 countries!
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Here are Mary Mangai , our Associate Editor and Naomi Aoki, our editorial board member! Thrilled that PAD continues to foster global connections in PA and #development! 🌍📘

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · May 24

📚 Check out this collection of articles on #education from PAD!
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💡 We spotlight middle- and low-income countries, aiming to advance research on administration and development in sectors like education. #EducationPolicy #GlobalDev

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