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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

📢 Our co-EiC @mariana-chudnovsky.bsky.social & Assoc Editor Mary Mangai participated in #EGPA2026! . Here are some snapshots from the Editors’ Panel where they spoke about publishing in PAD!

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

♨️ New article How AI-ready are Europe's bureaucracies? This study finds that many national AI strategies give limited attention to civil servants, despite their central role in digital transformation. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

New #OpenAccess Article 📢 . Can digitalization make public administration more efficient while simultaneously narrowing democratic participation? Arash Beidollahkhani explores how digital governance can function as an administrative tool and for political participation. doi.org/10.1002/pad....

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

📢 How can disruption become an opportunity for humanitarian reform? Deloffre & Brinkerhoff introduce the concept of intermediated localization, arguing that aid reform depends on understanding how power is mediated through relationships. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

📢 #OpenAccess How is authority negotiated in small states? Dana-Marie Ramjit explores hybrid governance in Caribbean SIDS, showing co-production and governance amid postcolonial legacies and recurring crises. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

📢New article! . Matías Dewey & Lucas Ronconi show that professional, Weberian bureaucracies are better at labor enforcement than politicized agencies, underscoring the importance of state capacity. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

♨️New article! . Pradit Chinudomsub, Thanikun Chantra, Kwankaow Kongdecha, Phuriphat Kruanopparatana & Stithorn Thananithichot examine municipalities in Thailand to explore how participatory design and digital tools can strengthen local governance. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

📢 Join the conversation on the Downsides of AI as part of a special issue in PAD! . We are calling for abstracts for the special issue paper development workshop. Here are the dates: - Abstract submission deadline: September 15, 2026 - Notification of acceptance: September 22, 2026

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Just released today! . We are Q1 in Public Administration and in Development Studies in the latest Clarivate Journal Citation Report! Our JIF is 3.3. . This places us as the 14th highest ranked journal in development studies (14/66) and 23rd highest ranked journal in PA (23/97).

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

📢 New Article! #OpenAccess . Marlene Jugl compares administrative systems across 29 non-Western countries and finds a far more diverse picture than conventional labels. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

📢 New article! A mixed-methods study by Nantapong Butakhieo, Stuti Rawat, Arjun Vyas & Lina Vyas finds that organisational commitment and workplace relationships were critical drivers of motivation during the crisis in India. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

📢 Call for Papers . 'The Downsides of #AI and Global Inequities: Why Good Governance Matters' . Papers exploring the following themes are invited: 🌍 Global inequality & AI ⚖️ Bias, representation & public policy 🗣️ Language hierarchies in AI 🔐 Ethics, regulation & governance

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Dr Ian C Elliott @ianelliott.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Of interest to @journalpad.bsky.social, particularly given recent articles and commentaries documenting the decline in international development 👇

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İbrahim Hatipoğlu @ihatipoglu.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

This looks like a timely and important CFP for scholars working on AI, governance, and global inequities.

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

♨️Special Issue Alert! . We have a new special issue on 'Policy Capacity in Developing Countries: Linking Theory and Empirics' by guest editors: Yifei Yan @kidjiesaguin.bsky.social @mkeremcoban.bsky.social 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1099162x... . #GlobalSouth #PublicAdministration #Governance

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

📢 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/journalsearc...

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

📢 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'.

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

🌍 We are pleased to share our updated editorial board-now representing 28 countries across the globe! . 👩‍🎓 54% of our board members are women. . We are committed to inclusive & representative public policy scholarship. . Explore the full editorial board here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

♨️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....

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

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

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

⭐ 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/Conference20... .

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

PAD wishes its readers a Happy Year of the Horse! #yearofthehorse . May this year bring strength, momentum, and bold ideas to move forward. 🌟

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

⌛️PAD is committed to a timely and rigorous review process. Our median time from submission to first decision is 3 days, supporting efficient and constructive scholarly engagement. . Do submit your manuscripts to us! . 🔗For details, visit our website: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1099...

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

📢It's the International Day of Clean Energy | #UnitedNations to raise awareness and mobilize action for a just and inclusive transition to clean #energy for the benefit of people and the planet. un.org/en/observanc... . Here are selected works from PAD focusing on energy!

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

♨️ New article! . How can governments strengthen capacity to adopt #AI in long-term care? . 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. . doi.org/10.1002/pad....

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

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

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

❓ 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

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

♨️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

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

♨️ 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/...

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

♨️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

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

♨️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

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

🔊 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 · 01/09/2025

📢 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)

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

♨️ 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....

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

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!

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

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/...

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

♨️ 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....

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Mariana Chudnovsky @mariana-chudnovsky.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

A must read @donmoyn.bsky.social

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Patrick Fafard @pfafard.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Political science for global public health

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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

♨️ 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

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

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

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

♨️ 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 · 30/06/2025

♨️ 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....

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

♨️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....

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

🔗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....

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

📍 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 · 07/06/2025

📢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

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

🌟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! 🌍📘

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

📚 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

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Public Administration and Development @journalpad.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

♨️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....

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