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

♨️New article! . 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. . 🔗https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pad.70018

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

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

♨️New article! . 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. . 🔗https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pad.70017

🔊 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

📢 On International Reviewer Appreciation Day, PAD thanks our dedicated reviewers! . 🏆 Best Reviewer 2024: Frank L.K. Ohemeng (Concordia University, Canada) . 👏 Special Mentions: Hanyu Xiao (Hong Kong) Sisira Kumara (Sri Lanka) Amy Harris (Univ. of Michigan, USA)

♨️ New article! How do policies work under instability & low compliance . Jaime Sainz Santamaría examines the Latin America’s Payment for Ecosystem Services to find that data & analysis identify solutions and politics sustains them. . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

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!

Vivian Julian Palmer and Pillay Pregala propose a model for ethical conduct and accountability for public sector in #SouthAfrica for enhanced public service delivery. . 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

♨️ New article! . What are the factors explaining declining #corruption in public sector? . Luis Garrido-Vergara and Ignacio Cienfuegos examine the case of #Chile to find that #economicgrowth is fundamental in building impartiality in administration . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

A must read @donmoyn.bsky.social

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♨️ 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 🔗 lnkd.in/g9eYpsA9

📢 Curious about our metrics, submission process, or the scope of PAD? . 📑 Explore all the details on our website! . 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1099...

♨️ 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....

♨️ New Article! #PublicProcurement . 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. . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

♨️New commentary! . In this new publication, Dana-Marie Ramjit explores how PA is being reshaped by technology, social movements, and global citizenship. . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

🔗New article! . Do leadership and adaptive capacities affect local government performance? . Emmanuel K. Danso & Robert A. Opoku examine this through survey in #Ghana and use #StructuralEquationModeling to find that they do, via innovation! . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

📍 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

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

🌟We are proud to have a diverse editorial board with members from over 15 countries! . 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! 🌍📘

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

♨️New article! . What is the meaning of regulatory capacity? . Bruno Queiroz Cunha and @martinlodge.bsky.social examine how to organise regulatory capacity in the context of #Brazil, a country with record regulatory reforms in the past. . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

🚨 Attention reviewers! 🚨 . PAD has released its AI Policy for peer review: 🔹 Responsibility lies with the human reviewer—not GenAI tools. 🔹 GenAI can assist with writing clarity, but use must be transparently disclosed. #GenAIPolicy #PeerReview 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

♨️New brief report! . @sameen-mohsin.bsky.social & Tamara Moule use the case of #Pakistan to propose further investigation of impact of donor engagement on bureaucratic ambition and motivation. . 🔗https://doi.org/10.1002/pad.2107

♨️New article! #FullAccess . Liao Fuchong finds that bureaucratic restructuring plays a key role in a business-supportive climate using data from private sector in #China. . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

♨️ New article! . Do policy capacities matter for federal policy design? . @gcapano.bsky.social & Vanessa Elias de Oliveira throw light on this by examining three social policy programs in #Brazil. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

♨️ New Research Article! . Diego Galego, @gabilotta.bsky.social, & Keith Baker study the #COVID19 crisis management in #Brazil & #Mexico to suggest evaluation of neo-Weberian state and common good. . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

♨️ New article! . @hanspeterschmitz.bsky.social & George Mitchell propose a framework to examine localization from different initiatives and perspectives using the case of @helpage.bsky.social . doi.org/10.1002/pad....

📗Ileana Steccolini for #Financial Accountability and #Management 📗Gregg Van Ryzin for #International Public Management Journal 📗Mary Mangai for @journalpad.bsky.social 📗Adina Dudau for #European Management Journal

In our recent OA article published @journalpad.bsky.social, using policy capacity matrix, we evaluated civil servants policy capacities in #Ehiopia linked @PA training . We offered valuable insights and provide empirical evidence the relevance of #Legal #Capacity dimension.⬇️ doi.org/10.1002/pad....

♨️ New article! . What is the impact of PA training on policy capacity? . Kiflie Worku Angaw, Bacha Kebede Debela, Ellen Fobé, & Marleen Brans use the policy capacity framework to examine this in #Ethiopia using survey data. @io-pgi-kuleuven.bsky.social . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

Tenemos mucho cariño a este artículo que busca acercar la gestión pública a la adaptación del cambio climático. Ya viene un hilo 🧵

Making Mainstreaming Work for Climate Change Adaptation: A Multi‐Level Analysis of Adaptive Policy Capacity Building in Fishing and Aquaculture Governance in Chile Simon & Muñoz Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

♨️ New article! . @jeannesimonr.bsky.social & Waleska Muñoz present a case study on #Chile to examine the factors affecting policy capacity for mainstreaming work for #climatechange adaptation. . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

🔖 One to bookmark! . PAD has published several articles on democratization and democratic backsliding, focusing on research that examines policy management at all stages, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. . 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1099...

♨️Latest article! #OpenAccess How important is social capital for post-disaster recovery? Gretchen L. Gonzaga & Arif Budy Pratama examine collaborative efforts in the #Philippines through #ethnography after the super typhoon Rai in 2021. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

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✨This #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate and appreciate our incredible Associate Editors! @prudencerbrown.bsky.social Wendy Chen @abenadadze-arthur.bsky.social Mary Mangai . We're also thrilled to welcome @mariana-chudnovsky.bsky.social as our new co-Editor-in-Chief! ✨ #PASky #IWD2025 #SDGs

Should policy functions should only be decentralized when requisite capacities already exist? Policy Capacity Under Decentralization Saguin & Ramesh Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

♨️ New publication! #OpenAccess . How are NGOs bridges between foreign donors and communities? . @ceherrold.bsky.social (@maxwellsu.bsky.social) examines civil society in #Serbia drawing on ethnographic fieldwork to understand the role of foreign aid. . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

♨️ New publication! #OpenAccess . How are NGOs bridges between foreign donors and communities? . @ceherrold.bsky.social (@maxwellsu.bsky.social) examines civil society in #Serbia drawing on ethnographic fieldwork to understand the role of foreign aid. . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

♨️ New article! . Adding to our collection of articles on PA in low and middle income countries, here is a literature review! . Nicolás Didier (@uchile.bsky.social) identifies contributions on civil service reforms, PA education, and development in #LatinAmerica. . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

New from Nicolás Didier in @journalpad.bsky.social: "Decolonizing public administration in Latin America" "[T]here are traces of intellectual colonialism in the [Latin American] academic community represented in . . . the use of American [PA] frames" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

♨️ New article! . How are democratization and decentralization related? . Andi Hidayat, Otto Hospes, & C. J. A. M. Termeer have conducted a systematic literature review on the factors influencing democratization and decentralisation in #Indonesia. . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

♨️ Hot off the press! #OpenAccess . @kidjiesaguin.bsky.social and M. Ramesh find lower capacity levels among central government kindergarten coordinators compared to their regional counterparts in the #Philippines concluding that capacity follows function 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

♨️ New Article! . How do street level bureaucrats stay motivated to create public value? . Mohamed Mousa, Doaa Althalathini & Vesa Puhakka study the motives of nurses in public hospitals of #Egypt for creating public value using data from interviews . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

♨️New Article! #openaccess . Marie-Eve Desrosiers (@uottawa.bsky.social) & Haley J. Swedlund (@radboudpol.bsky.social) examine the humanitarian development peace nexus in #Congo using original empirical data to find insubstantial localization. . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....