Public Administration & Development

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Volume 46, issue S1, 2026

Disruption as Opportunity: What Can We Learn From Localization to Inform a More Responsive Aid System for the Future? pp. S3-S14

Maryam Z. Deloffre and Jennifer Brinkerhoff

USAID's Locally‐Led Development Agenda: Open Government and Independent Monitoring pp. S15-S24

Jeffrey Hallock, Jonathan Fox and Nicholas Chen

Localization Through Coordination? Implementing the Humanitarian‐Development‐Peace Nexus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo pp. S25-S34

Marie‐Eve Desrosiers and Haley J. Swedlund

A Framework for Understanding and Evaluating Localization: The Case of HelpAge International pp. S35-S46

Hans Peter Schmitz and George E. Mitchell

Brokering Localization: Country‐Based Pooled Funds in Humanitarian Assistance pp. S47-S63

Maryam Zarnegar Deloffre

Considering Intermediaries as Relational Localizers: A Case Study of Localization in the Thai–Southeast Myanmar Border Humanitarian Response pp. S64-S75

Meghan Sullivan

Bankrolling the Belgrade Bandits? Civil Society, NGOs, and Foreign Aid Localization in Serbia pp. S76-S86

Catherine E. Herrold

Intermediation Work for Localization: The Role of a Place‐Based and Multi‐Stakeholder Meta‐Organization pp. S87-S98

Ingrid Mazzilli, Héloïse Berkowitz and Sihem Mammar El Hadj

Toward a Framework for Understanding Localization in Its Institutional Context: A Systems Perspective for Incorporating Local Values pp. S99-S110

Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

Localizing Efforts to Prevent Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Aid: Evolving Experiences of Power and Agency in Lebanon pp. S111-S120

Jihan Kaisi, Fatima Mahmoud, Hope Harriet, Jessie Weber and Alina Potts

Volume 46, issue 3, 2026

Unpacking the Dynamics of Nonprofit Purpose‐Oriented Networks in Disaster Relief: A Tale of Two Cases pp. 271-288

Guijuan Tang and Bin Chen

Network Governance and Institutional Linkages for Strengthening Regional Innovation in Southeast Sulawesi pp. 289-305

La Ode Mustafa Rufini, Syamsul Alam, Abdul Kadir, Faturachman Alputra Sudirman and Al Taqdir Badari

When Formality Is Costly and Informality Is Legal: Understanding the Administrative Burden of Social Insurance System Design in Low and Middle‐Income Countries pp. 306-341

Irene N. Selwaness and Ghada Barsoum

Regulating Nonprofit Organizations in China: The Interplay of Privatization Reform and State Control pp. 342-353

Xiaoyun Wang, Xueyong Zhan, Jian Li and Yushan Xu

Navigating the Rapids: How Non‐Governmental Organization Managers Develop Strategic Adaptation to Repressive Political Environments pp. 354-368

Charles Kaye‐Essien, Shahjahan Bhuiyan and Ghadeer Ali

Why Active Representation Varies: Cultural Stereotypes and Differential Treatment by Street‐Level Bureaucrats pp. 369-383

Sohad Amaria, Einat Lavee and Nissim Cohen

When Politics Shapes Administration: Bureaucratic Autonomy, Policy Role Separation, and Organizational Capacity in an Institutionally Weak Public Administration pp. 384-397

Camilo Ignacio González and Pablo Sanabria‐Pulido

Mega Sporting Events in Developing Nations: Necessity or Bureaucratic Burden? pp. 398-409

Mohamed Mousa, Ahmad Arslan, Cary Cooper and Shlomo Tarba

Fostering Women's Political Leadership Through Government Accountability: Evidence From OECD Countries pp. 410-426

Samira Nazar and Seyed Ashkan Zarghami

Tax Revenue Mobilisation in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Does the Independence of the Tax Administration Matter? pp. 427-446

Franky B. A. Kogueda

Menopause and Street‐Level Work: The Lived Experience of Senior Female Pharmacists in Public Hospitals pp. 447-459

Mohamed Mousa

Enabling and Constraining: How Informal Rules Shape Collaborative Governance in Digital Transformation? pp. 460-475

Lei Zhou and Jiannan Wu

The Politics of Policy Robustness: A Central Paradox and Computational Review of Adaptive Policymaking pp. 476-486

Ola G. El‐Taliawi and Nihit Goyal

From Shadow to Structure: Lebanon's Decentralized Path to Micro, Small, and Medium‐Sized Enterprise Formalization pp. 487-492

Isabelle‐Yara Nassar, Nadia Ahmad, Ali Fala and Leila Dagher

Volume 46, issue 2, 2026

Policy Capacity in the Global South: Linking Theory and Empirics pp. 115-122

Yifei Yan, Kidjie I. Saguin and M. Kerem Coban

Populism and policy capacity: Evidence from an opposition municipality in Istanbul pp. 123-134

Ebru Ertugal, Faik Gür and İnan Sevinç

Policy Capacity Under Decentralization: Kindergarten Education Reforms in the Philippines pp. 135-149

Kidjie Ian Saguin and M. Ramesh

Making Mainstreaming Work for Climate Change Adaptation: A Multi‐Level Analysis of Adaptive Policy Capacity Building in Fishing and Aquaculture Governance in Chile pp. 150-165

Jeanne W. Simon and Waleska Muñoz

The Impact of Public Administration Education on Individual Policy Capacity of Federal Civil Servants in Ethiopia pp. 166-178

Kiflie Worku Angaw, Bacha Kebede Debela, Ellen Fobé and Marleen Brans

Do Policy Capacities Matter for Federal Policy Design? Evidence From the Implementation of Three Social Policies in Brazil pp. 179-196

Giliberto Capano and Vanessa Elias de Oliveira

Contesting Regulatory Capacity: Exploring Doctrines in the Regulatory State pp. 197-207

Bruno Queiroz Cunha and Martin Lodge

Policy Capacities Under Weak Institutions: The Design of Paying for Ecosystem Services in Latin America pp. 208-226

Jaime Sainz‐Santamaria

Policy Capacity Matters Differently Over Time: The Emergence and Persistence of Participatory Budgeting in China pp. 227-239

Yifei Yan, Alfred M. Wu, Biao Huang and Fangxin Yi

Unpacking Foreign Policy Capacity of Political Parties: The Case of BRICS Countries pp. 240-252

Yao Wen

Policy Capacity for Novel Technology Adoption: Developmental Insights From Singapore's AI Adoption in Long‐Term Care pp. 253-266

Si Ying Tan, Lili Li and Araz Taeihagh

Volume 46, issue 1, 2026

To Compare With Care: Lessons From a Journey in Comparative Public Administration pp. 3-6

Kaifeng Yang

Online Accessibility of Local Public Enterprise Financial Statements in Indonesia: Can it be Predicted by Institutional Traits of Parent Local Governments? pp. 7-20

Ray Ferza and Don S. Lee

Driven to Serve: Exploring Meaningful Work for Doctors Through the Lens of Public Service Motivation pp. 21-34

Abid Hussain, Uma Jogulu, Esme Franken, Rahatulaain Ahmad and Tim Bentley

Co‐Creating Legitimacy for All. A Local Non‐Governmental Organization's Role in Post‐Conflict Liberia pp. 35-45

Anja Onali

Rewarding Women's Political Empowerment? the Effects of Gender Equality on Foreign Aid Allocation pp. 46-59

Mengying Xie and Yijia Jing

Parity in Public Administration as a Moving Target: The Role of Women Policy Agencies in Mexico pp. 60-76

Mariana Chudnovsky, Diana Martínez Medina and Agustín Filippo

Culture, Community, and Development: Unpacking the ‘Socio‐Cultural Milieu Dynamics’ of Solomon Islands and Their Influence on Australia's Aid Localisation pp. 77-92

Mark Opoku Amankwa, Gladys Nangira Murruka, Kwadwo Adusei‐Asante, Vicki Frances Banham, Clement Amponsah and Emmanuel Enyinful

Context, Culture, and Governance in an Informal Community in Ghana: A Case Study for Community‐Based Adaptation in Public Administration pp. 93-103

Jessica Kritz and Peter F. Haruna

Energy, Resilience, and Results: A Public–Private Solar Partnership in Palestine “A Brief Report From the Field” pp. 104-109

Awad Duaibes

One Republic, Multiple Fiefdoms: Public Administration Reform Challenges in Heterogeneous Nigeria. By Balogun, M. J., Obasi, I., Umar, M., Anyebe, A. A., Ikeanyibe, O., Oladoyin, A., and Oghator, E. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2025. pp. 281. ISBN: 978‐1‐0364‐4754‐0 pp. 110-111

Mohammad Ahmad Wali

Volume 45, issue 5, 2025

Killing Two Birds With One Stone? A New Pragmatist Perspective on the Rigor‐Relevance Gap in the Literature on Capacity Building Projects pp. 447-465

Kablan P. Kacou, Lavagnon A. Ika and Lauchlan T. Munro

It's the Economy, Again! Determinants of Corruption in Public Administration: The Chilean Case (1950–2020) pp. 466-484

Luis Garrido‐Vergara and Ignacio Cienfuegos

Returning to Work After Divorce: Gendered Experiences of Street‐Level Bureaucrats in Egypt pp. 485-497

Mohamed Mousa, Mustafa F. Ozbilgin and Katarzyna Szczepańska‐Woszczyna

Impacts of IMF Loan Conditionality on Impartiality in Civil Service Personnel Administration in Ghana pp. 498-512

Bennet Kwadzo Nyadzi and Daniel Appiah

Street‐Level Bureaucrats and Public Value Conflicts: Role Ambiguity, Flexible Role Orientation, and Performance pp. 513-528

Fei Sun, Xinyan Pang and Wanjie Niu

Beyond Singularity and Fragmentation: A Dynamic and Integrative Model for Explaining Public Sector Innovation pp. 529-539

Haibo Tan, Lihua Yang, Ziteng Fan and Yingying Gao

Evaluating Sustainable Development Performance in Indian States: A Multi‐Stage Analysis for Policy and Governance Insights pp. 540-554

Anil Gurjar and Anupam Ghosh

Examining the Impact of Relative Performance Information on Citizen Satisfaction: The Moderating Role of Trust in Local Government pp. 555-571

Xuede Gao and Fei Sun

Donor Roles in Planning for Sustainable Impact of Development Programs Post‐Exit pp. 572-577

Beatrice Lorge Rogers, Bridget C. Lavin, Nina D. Yang, Holta Trandafili and Jennifer C. Coates

The Routledge Handbook on Crisis, Polycrisis, and Public Administration. By Kim Moloney, Gloria J. Billingsley, Bok Gyo Jeong, Pablo Sanabria‐Pulido, Tonya E. Thornton, Eric Zeemering, Routledge, 2025. 390 pp. €224.00 (hardcover). ISBN: 978‐1‐03‐236758‐3 pp. 578-580

Csilla Paksi‐Petró

Volume 45, issue 4, 2025

The Death of USAID: How Elon Musk and Donald Trump Ended America's Foreign Aid Agency pp. 327-331

Donald Moynihan and Rachael Zuppke

Decentralisation and Legal Pluralism in Small Towns in Uganda pp. 332-343

Ana Maria Vargas Falla, Heather Mackay, Agnes Andersson, Paul Isolo Mukwaya and Frank Mugagga

The Effect of Leadership and Adaptive Capacities on Local Government Performance: The Moderating Role of Management Innovation pp. 344-360

Emmanuel K. Danso and Robert A. Opoku

On Recent Advances in Public Procurement: An Exploration of the Government e‐Marketplace in India pp. 361-376

Debdatta Saha, Tathagat Singh, Gautam Maheshwari, Kanchan Arora, Kartik and Kashvi Kapoor

Don't Cry for Me Sri Lanka: Beyond Individualisation Towards Responsible Policy Capacity in Public Sector Administration pp. 377-392

Mario Fernando, Nilupulee Liyanagamage and D. M. Sachinthanee Dissanayake

Development Expertise: Essential or Expendable? Comparing Interactions Between Knowledge and Experience in German and Norwegian Foreign Aid Bureaucracies pp. 393-403

Daniel E. Esser and Heiner Janus

Exploring the Horizontal Dimension of Political Trust in China pp. 404-416

Yida Zhai

The Co‐Production Model in Senior Housing Implementation in Thailand pp. 417-428

Anchiraya Chantarapidok and Nopraenue Sajjarax Dhirathiti

Ethical Conduct and Accountability: Improving Public Service Delivery in the South African Public Sector pp. 429-441

Vivian Julian Palmer and Pregala Pillay

Women, Wars and Public Policies Insurance: From Hostile Shores to Storming Seas. By Ayanna Yonemura, New York: Routledge, 2025. 146 pp. £49.99 (hardback). ISBN: 978‐0‐36‐762386‐9 pp. 442-443

K. Udhaya and G. Parimalarani

Volume 45, issue 3, 2025

Local Service Provision During War‐A Case Study of Yemen pp. 187-200

Ahmed Almaweri and Hasan Al‐Awami

Social Capital and Prospects for Collaborative Governance: An Ethnographic Case Study of Sama‐Bajaus' Post‐Disaster Experiences pp. 201-212

Gretchen L. Gonzaga and Arif Budy Pratama

Validation of an Existing Racial and Ethnic Microaggressions Scale Within the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in South Africa pp. 213-227

Marié Oosthuizen, Michel Tshiyoyo and Lianne Malan

Transformative Pathways in Qatar's E‐Government: Integrating Societal Engagement and NGO Partnerships for Sustainable Digital Governance pp. 228-241

Moosa Elayah

Spontaneous Public Value Co‐Creation in Open Professional Topic‐Based Digital Spaces: A Multicase Study of French Public Professionals' Open Digital Collaboration pp. 242-254

Hongxia Peng

Exploring the Nexus of Common Good and the Neo‐Weberian State: A Comparative Analysis of Brazil and Mexico pp. 255-267

Diego Galego, Gabriela Lotta and Keith Baker

Bureaucratic Restructuring's Impact on Administrative Burden and Entrepreneurial Development pp. 268-280

Liao Fuchong

Fostering Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement for Sustainable Decent Work Policies in Africa: Lessons From Ghana pp. 281-295

Eric Nordjo, Albert Ahenkan, Meron Okbandrias, Evans Sakyi Boadu, Emmanuel Boon, Benjamin Otchere‐Ankrah, Ruth Knoblich and Godwin Kwawu

Smart Urbanism Through Artificial Intelligence (AI)‐Megaprojects: The Case of China's Healthcare Services pp. 296-312

Zongtian Guo and Federico Cugurullo

Citizen Empowerment in the Digital Era: Redefining Administrative Legitimacy and Power Dynamics pp. 313-316

Dana‐Marie Ramjit

The Process of Decentralizing Public Administration: Insights From New Local Governments in Nepal pp. 317-322

Aruna Palikhe, Jordan Kyle, Nanda Kumar Maharjan, Mamata Pradhan and Madan Adhikari

Volume 45, issue 2, 2025

Weathering the Storm: What Did It Take for Pennsylvania Economic Development Organizations to Overcome the COVID‐19 Pandemic? pp. 81-95

Michele Tantardini and Eli J. Levine

The Role of Integrated Governance Principles in the Fight Against Corruption: A Configurational Analysis pp. 96-111

Seyed Ashkan Zarghami

Applying the Singapore Model in Cambodia and Thailand? Implications for Transnational Policy Transfer pp. 112-129

Celia Lee, Hong Liu and Thi Van Cao

Policy Imitation Based on Similarities: The Diffusion of Public–Private Partnerships pp. 130-145

Min Xiong, Shaoming Cheng and Jerry Zhirong Zhao

When Grand Societal Challenges Stimulate the Creation of Public Value: A Study of Nurses in a Non‐Western Public Healthcare Sector pp. 146-158

Mohamed Mousa, Doaa Althalathini and Vesa Puhakka

Why Democratization and Decentralization in Indonesia Have Mixed Results on the Ground: A Systematic Literature Review pp. 159-172

Andi Rahmat Hidayat, Otto Hospes and C. J. A. M. Termeer

COVID‐19 management in India: What worked and what didn't? pp. 173-180

Voruganti Srinivas, Prashant Salwan, Namrta Sharma and Meghna Sabharwal

Social Equity and Public Management Theory: A Global Outlook. By Kimberly Wiley, Sarah Young, and Denita Cepiku, New York, NY: Routledge, 2024. 1–242 pp. $43.44 (ebook), $144 (hardcover). ISBN: 978‐1‐032‐68628‐8 pp. 181-183

Collin D. Cox

Volume 45, issue 1, 2025

Unequal gender‐based attraction toward public sector employment in China: The role of perceived discrimination and public service motivation pp. 3-15

Yan Yang, Bo Wen and Lei Tao

Impact of public leadership on public service motivation and performance in complex environments pp. 16-31

Safyan Tahir Verka, Meghna Sabharwal and Shazia Hassan

Understanding public confidence in the police within democratic and authoritarian regimes pp. 32-42

Daniel McCarthy, Lawrence Ka‐ki Ho, Jason Kwun‐Hong Chan and Ian Brunton‐Smith

U.S. foreign aid: Marketization, social responsibility, and economic returns pp. 43-55

Laura Mendez

The impact of U.S. economic sanctions on corporate innovation and fraud pp. 56-74

Ameneh Bazrafshan

Getting Schools to Work Better: Educational Accountability and Teacher Support in India and China. By Yifei Yan, Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY: Taylor and Francis, 2024. 1 pp. €350 (hardcover/open access online). ISBN: 978‐1‐032‐13667‐7 pp. 75-77

Mohnish Kedia