Public Admìnistration and Development

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♨️Special Issue Alert! . We have a new special issue on 'Policy Capacity in Developing Countries: Linking Theory and Empirics' by guest editors: @briayifeiyan @kidjiesaguin M. Kerem Coban 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15211850/2… . #GlobalSouth #PublicAdministration #Governance

📢 Update from PAD! . The 2025 SCImago Journal Rankings are out—and PAD is ranked Q1 in both Development Studies and Public Administration for the first time since 2015! . Our SJR for 2025 is 0.761. 🔗 scimagojr.com/journalsearch.…

♨️New article! . @briayifeiyan , @kidjiesaguin & M. Kerem Coban revisit the concept of policy capacity highlighting the need to ground theory in the realities of Global South governance contexts. . 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pa…

📢 Call for Papers . 👥 Co-editors: Yanto Chandra | Greta Nasi | Jiasheng Zhang will handle the special issue on 'The Downsides of #AI and Global Inequities: Why Good Governance Matters' . 🔗 More information here: lnkd.in/gTBCcUQA

🌍 We are pleased to share that our editorial board has been updated-- now representing 28 countries across the globe! . 👩‍🎓 54% of our board members are women. Explore the full editorial board here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1…

📢 We are pleased to share that Dr Mary Mangai, ourAssociate Editor, will be attending the IRSPM 2026 Conference in Perth, Australia. . 📍 She will be representing PAD on the Editors’ Panel on Wednesday, 8 April, from 13:30 to 15:00 at Building 32.

📢 Meet Mary Mangai, our Associate Editor at the Editor's panel #IRSPM2026! 📷 Date and time: 8th April, Wednesday, 1:30-3:00 pm 📷

♨️New article! . Muhammad Dzulfikar Al Ghofiqi and co-authors examine how collaboration between state policy and disability community capacity shapes inclusive service delivery in Indonesia. . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad.70…

♨️New #OpenAccess article! . Ibrahim Bornoma, Nick Kirsop-Taylor & David Benson argue that administrative traditions in the majority world must be understood through both colonial and pre-colonial institutional legacies. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad.70…

🎊 Our Associate Editor Alfred M. Wu was elected International Director of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) for 2026–2029 and felicitated at the ASPA Conference #ASPA2026. . We are proud of the achievements of our editorial board members!

♨️New #OpenAccess Brief report! . Ibrahim Bornoma, Nick Kirsop-Taylor & David Benson argue that administrative traditions in the majority world must be understood through both colonial and pre-colonial institutional legacies. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad.70…

🎊 Heartiest congratulations to our Associate Editor Dr. Shahjahan Bhuiyan for receiving the the Allan Rosenblum International Public Administration Award at #ASPA2026!

⭐ The PAD crew at #ASPA2026! . Our co-editor-in chief Dr Ian C Elliott with Associate Editors Wendy Chen, Alfred M. Wu, and Shahjahan Bhuiyan . Do reach out to them at the conference if you would like to know more about PAD: aspanet.org/Conference2026…

📢 We are delighted to welcome Dr. Samanta Varela and Dr. Shahjahan Bhuiyan as Associate Editors to our Editorial Board! . Together, their scholarship will strengthen PAD’s commitment to advancing globally relevant research. . 🤝 We look forward to working with them!

♨️New article! . How transparent are program-based budgets in local governments? . Frankline Muthomi examines budget transparency in Kenya’s county governments by analysing disclosure practices in program-based budgets. . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad.70…

🌸 International Women’s Day 2026 | #IWD2026 #GiveToGain . On this International Women’s Day, we celebrate and thank the remarkable women who serve on our Editorial Board and contribute to the journal’s mission of advancing scholarship in public administration and development.

♨️New article! #OpenAccess . Why do public administration reforms produce hybrid institutional landscapes rather than clean breaks from the past? . Edidiong Bassey, Ph.D, FCTI, ACA, ADIT examines reform in #Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service. . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad.70…

📚 Book review! #FullAccess . Sarah Warner & Prudence R. Brown review Edoardo Ongaro's book 'Connecting Philosophy and Public Administration: Directions of Inquiry'. . 🔗onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pa…

♨️New article!#OpenAccess . Why do bureaucrats collaborate? . Nathalie Mendez explores how professional networks, shared experiences, trust, and reciprocity shape collaboration drawing on interviews with bureaucrats in #Colombia. . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad.70…

♨️New article! . Does greater independence of tax administrations improve revenue mobilisation in Sub-Saharan Africa? . Franky B. A. Koguéda analyses 40 countries (2000–2022) to assess how de jure and de facto independence shape tax collection. . 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad.70…