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Volume 36, issue 5, 2016

From Form to Function to Sustainable Solutions? Reforming Public Sectors in Low Income Countries: New Approaches and Available Evidence of “What Works” pp. 299-312

Verena Fritz

Authoritarian Integrative Governance in China: Understanding the Crucial Role of Political Risk Aversion pp. 313-329

Qiushan Xie

Translating Policies into Informal Settlements' Critical Services: Reframing, Anchoring and Muddling Through pp. 330-346

Jaan‐Henrik Kain, Belinda Nyakinya, Nicholas Odhiambo, Michael Oloko, John Omolo, Silas Otieno, Patrik Zapata and María José Zapata Campos

Decentralization as a Post‐Conflict Stabilization Tool: The Case of Sierra Leone pp. 347-358

Benjamin Edwards and Serdar Yilmaz

The Road to Collaborative Governance in China. By Yijia Jing, Ed., Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2015. 241 pp. Hardcover USD 100.00; E‐book: USD 79.99. ISBN 978‐1–137–52519–2 pp. 359-360

Chu‐Chien Hsieh

Volume 36, issue 4, 2016

Driving Development from Below: The Advantages and Limitations of Vernacular Politics in the Bolivian Altiplano pp. 239-249

Rachel Godfrey†Wood and Graciela Mamani†Vargas

Decentralization in Cambodia: New Wine in Old Bottles pp. 250-262

Netra Eng

Public Financial Management Reform in South African Provincial Basic Education Departments pp. 263-282

Tania Ajam and David J. Fourie

NGO Accountability from an NGO Perspective: Perceptions, Strategies, and Practices pp. 283-296

Khaldoun AbouAssi and Deborah L. Trent

Volume 36, issue 3, 2016

Going Beyond Heroic Leaders in Development pp. 171-184

Matt Andrews

Dual Decentralization and Fragmented Authoritarianism in Governance: Crowding Out among Social Programmes in China pp. 185-197

Jiwei Qian and Ka Ho Mok

Fiscal Decentralization, Flat Administrative Structure, and Local Government Size: Evidence and Lessons from China pp. 198-214

Ping Zhang, Chunkui Zhu and Yilin Hou

E‐Government Technology Transfer: A Case Study of the Implementation of a European Patent Management System in Brazil pp. 215-231

Gabriel Marcuzzo do Canto Cavalheiro and Luiz Antonio Joia

Development Cooperation of the ‘New’ EU Member States. Beyond Europeanization. Edited by Ondřej Horký‐Hluchán and Simon Lightfoot. Palgrave, 2015. Hardcover: USD100.00. E‐book is also available pp. 232-233

Raphaëlle Faure

The Politics of Public Sector Performance: Pockets of Effectiveness in Developing Countries. By Michael Roll, Ed., Routledge, 2014, Hardback: USD 147.00; Paperback: USD49.95. E‐book is also available pp. 234-235

Rogerio F. Pinto

Volume 36, issue 2, 2016

Issue Information ‐ TOC pp. 69-69

Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin and Michael Chin‐Chih Chu

Issue Information ‐ Journal Info Page pp. 70-70

Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin and Michael Chin‐Chih Chu

The Politics and Management of Policing Reforms in Newly Industrialized, Industrializing and Developmental States: Introduction to the Special Issue pp. 71-79

Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin, Michael Chin‐Chih Chu, Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin and Michael Chin‐Chih Chu

“Shock Therapy” in Ukraine: A Radical Approach to Post‐Soviet Police Reform pp. 80-92

Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin, Michael Chin‐Chih Chu, Robert Peacock and Gary Cordner

Protest Policing in Hong Kong: Maintaining Professionalism and Solidarity in the Face of Renewed Political Challenges pp. 93-107

Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin, Michael Chin‐Chih Chu, Tingjin Lin and John P. Burns

Grounding Police Accountability and Performance in Context: A Comparative Study of Stop and Frisk Between New York City and Taipei City pp. 108-120

Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin, Michael Chin‐Chih Chu, Chin‐chih Chu, Elaine Yi Lu, Chun‐yuan Wang and Ting‐Jung Tsai

The Pacifying Police Units of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UPPs): Incremental Innovation or Police Reform? pp. 121-131

Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin, Michael Chin‐Chih Chu, Rogerio F. Pinto and Maria Scarlet Do Carmo

Varieties of Participatory Security: Assessing Community Participation in Policing in Latin America pp. 132-143

Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin, Michael Chin‐Chih Chu and Yanilda Gonzalez

Policing Reform in the South Korean Maritime Police After the Sewol Ferry Disaster pp. 144-156

Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin, Michael Chin‐Chih Chu, Seunghoo Lim, Jieun Moon and Youngmin Oh

Measured Governance? Policing and Performance Management in South Africa pp. 157-168

Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin, Michael Chin‐Chih Chu and Andrew Faull

Volume 36, issue 1, 2016

Boosting or Hindering Aid Effectiveness? An Assessment of Systems for Measuring Donor Agency Results pp. 3-19

Sarah Holzapfel

Forgoing New Public Management and Adopting Post‐New Public Management Principles: The On‐Going Civil Service Reform in Israel pp. 20-34

Nissim Cohen

Recent Evolution of Public Sector Structure in Latin America: Describing and Explaining Shifts in Autonomy Trends in Colombia and Venezuela pp. 35-50

Camilo Ignacio González and Koen Verhoest

Public Financial Management Reforms: The Role of Ipsas in Latin‐America pp. 51-64

Isabel Brusca, Mauricio Gómez‐villegas and Vicente Montesinos

Public Finance and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: Lessons from Ethiopia's Reforms by Stephen B. Peterson ( New York: Routledge, 2015 ), xxxi + 328 pp, $104 hardback; $55 Kindle pp. 65-67

George Guess

Volume 35, issue 5, 2015

Public Debt, Economic Growth, and Public Sector Management in Developing Countries: Is There a Link? pp. 329-346

Kelbesa Megersa and Danny Cassimon

Decentralising to Villages in Indonesia: Money (and Other) Mistakes pp. 347-359

Blane Lewis

Fifteen Years After Decentralization by Devolution: Political‐administrative Relations in Tanzanian Local Government pp. 360-371

Rudie Hulst, Wilhelm Mafuru and Deogratias Mpenzi

Parallel Systems and Human Resource Management in India's Public Health Services: A View from the Front Lines pp. 372-389

Gerard La Forgia, Shomikho Raha, Shabbeer Shaik, Sunil Kumar Maheshwari and Rabia Ali

The Looming Corporate Calamity by Richard Tudway ( London: Heterodox Publications Ltd, 2014 ). ISBN 978‐0‐99331356‐0‐6. 360 pages. US$52.20 (paperback), US$9.63 (kindle) pp. 390-391

Paul Collins

Volume 35, issue 2, 2015

Public Administration for Development: Trends and the Way Forward pp. 65-72

Jose A. Puppim De Oliveira, Yijia Jing, Paul Collins, Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira, Yijia Jing and Paul Collins

Addressing the Present and the Future in Government and Governance: Three approaches to Organising Public Action pp. 73-85

Jose A. Puppim De Oliveira, Yijia Jing, Paul Collins, Ian Thynne and B. Guy Peters

Performance Measurement and Management in the Public Sector: Some Lessons from Research Evidence pp. 86-96

Jose A. Puppim De Oliveira, Yijia Jing, Paul Collins and Jie Gao

Rethinking Decentralization: Assessing Challenges to a Popular Public Sector Reform pp. 97-112

Jose A. Puppim De Oliveira, Yijia Jing, Paul Collins and Paul Smoke

HRM in Development: Lessons and Frontiers pp. 113-127

Jose A. Puppim De Oliveira, Yijia Jing, Paul Collins and Evan M. Berman

The Risks of Chinese Subnational Debt for Public Financial Management pp. 128-139

Jose A. Puppim De Oliveira, Yijia Jing, Paul Collins, George M. Guess and Jun Ma

The Evolution of Information and Communication Technology in Public Administration pp. 140-151

Jose A. Puppim De Oliveira, Yijia Jing, Paul Collins, Shuhua Monica Liu and Qianli Yuan

Dilemmas in Donor Design: Organisational Reform and the Future of Foreign Aid Agencies pp. 152-164

Jose A. Puppim De Oliveira, Yijia Jing, Paul Collins and Nilima Gulrajani

Volume 35, issue 1, 2015

Challenge Funds in International Development: Definitions, Variations and Research Directions pp. 1-18

James Copestake and Anne‐Marie O'Riordan

The Politics of Civil Service and Administrative Reforms in Development—Explaining Within‐Country Variation of Reform Outcomes in Georgia after the Rose Revolution pp. 19-33

David Rinnert

Citizen Participation in City Governance: Experiences From Vietnam pp. 34-45

Thang Nguyen, Canh Le, Bich T. Tran and Scott E. Bryant

Decentralization as a Post‐Conflict Strategy: Local Government Discretion and Accountability in Sierra Leone pp. 46-60

Benjamin Edwards, Serdar Yilmaz and Jamie Boex

WORKING WITH THE GRAIN: INTEGRATING GOVERNANCE AND GROWTH IN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES. By Brian Levy (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014), xvi + 266 pp. $31.50 (paperback), $18.35 (kindle) pp. 61-63

George M. Guess

Volume 34, issue 5, 2014

THE OPERATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF RESULTS‐BASED FINANCING pp. 345-358

Thomas O'Brien and Ravi Kanbur

LOCAL TAXES AND LOCAL EXPENDITURES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: STRENGTHENING THE WICKSELLIAN CONNECTION pp. 359-369

Richard Bird and Enid Slack

MERIT VERSUS KINSHIP: A CATEGORY MISTAKE? THE CASE OF THE PHILIPPINE CIVIL SERVICE pp. 370-388

Rupert Hodder

BUILDING ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY: EVIDENCE FROM THE MEXICAN CIVIL SERVICE REFORM pp. 389-405

Fernando Nieto Morales, Liesbet Heyse, María Pardo and Rafael Wittek

WHAT ROLE FOR GOVERNMENT? THE PROMOTION OF CIVIL SOCIETY THROUGH FORESTRY‐RELATED CLIMATE CHANGE INTERVENTIONS IN POST‐CONFLICT NEPAL pp. 406-421

Rebecca Leigh Rutt and Jens Lund

MEASURING AND PROMOTING WELLBEING, Edited by Andrew Podger and Dennis Trewin, Copyright 2014 ANU Press. ISBN 9781925021318 (paperback) pp. 422-423

Richard Tudway

Volume 34, issue 4, 2014

PUBLIC POLICY FOR PENSIONS REFORM: A GOVERNANCE CHALLENGE FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT: Introduction to the Special Issue pp. 223-230

Paul D. Collins, Andrew Podger, Keyong Dong, Paul D. Collins, Andrew Podger and Keyong Dong

DESIGNING SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS: LEARNING FROM AUSTRALIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES pp. 231-250

Paul D. Collins, Andrew Podger, Keyong Dong, Andrew Podger, David Stanton and Peter Whiteford

THE GROWING ROLE OF SOCIAL PENSIONS: HISTORY, TAXONOMY AND KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS pp. 251-264

Paul D. Collins, Andrew Podger, Keyong Dong, Robert Palacios and Charles Knox‐Vydmanov

CHINA'S PENSION CHALLENGE: ADAPTIVE STRATEGY FOR SUCCESS pp. 265-280

Paul D. Collins, Andrew Podger, Keyong Dong, Keyong Dong and Gengyu Wang

SOCIAL PENSION UNIFICATION IN AN URBANISING CHINA: PATHS AND CONSTRAINTS pp. 281-293

Paul D. Collins, Andrew Podger, Keyong Dong and Bingqin Li

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PENSION REFORMS IN INDIA pp. 294-304

Paul D. Collins, Andrew Podger, Keyong Dong and Azad Singh Bali

BRAZIL'S SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM: PROSPECTIVE TRAJECTORY AND REFORM ALTERNATIVES pp. 305-319

Paul D. Collins, Andrew Podger, Keyong Dong, Kaizo Beltrao and Monica Pinhanez

PENSION REFORM IN THE EUROPEAN PERIPHERY: THE ROLE OF EU REFORM ADVOCACY pp. 320-331

Paul D. Collins, Andrew Podger, Keyong Dong, Matthias Stepan and Karen M. Anderson

GOVERNANCE AND STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT IN THE DUTCH PENSION INDUSTRY, LESSONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES pp. 332-344

Paul D. Collins, Andrew Podger, Keyong Dong, Johan A. M. Kruijf and Michiel S. Vries

Volume 34, issue 3, 2014

AIDING GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES pp. 141-148

Rachel M. Gisselquist, Danielle Resnick, Rachel M. Gisselquist and Danielle Resnick

STYLES OF POLICING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICAN STATES pp. 149-161

Rachel M. Gisselquist, Danielle Resnick and Otwin Marenin

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF REGULATORY REFORM IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES pp. 162-168

Rachel M. Gisselquist, Danielle Resnick and Colin Kirkpatrick

THE IMPACT OF ADULT CIVIC EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN DEVELOPING DEMOCRACIES pp. 169-181

Rachel M. Gisselquist, Danielle Resnick and Steven E. Finkel

TAX AND DEVELOPMENT: DONOR SUPPORT TO STRENGTHEN TAX SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES pp. 182-193

Rachel M. Gisselquist, Danielle Resnick and Odd Fjeldstad

FOREIGN AID AND DECENTRALIZATION: LIMITATIONS ON IMPACT IN AUTONOMY AND RESPONSIVENESS pp. 194-206

Rachel M. Gisselquist, Danielle Resnick and J. Tyler Dickovick

DESIGNING EFFECTIVE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM LESSONS FROM PAST EXPERIENCE pp. 207-218

Rachel M. Gisselquist, Danielle Resnick and Sarah Repucci

DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT AID: THE DECLINE OF DEVELOPMENT AID AND THE RISE OF THE DIASPORA. BY David A. Phillips, ANTHEM PRESS, 2013 pp. 219-220

Rachel M. Gisselquist, Danielle Resnick and Rogerio F. Pinto

Volume 34, issue 2, 2014

PARTICIPATION AND PERFORMANCE: DECENTRALISED PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION IN ETHIOPIA pp. 83-95

Katherine A. Snyder, Eva Ludi, Beth Cullen, Josephine Tucker, Alemayehu B. Zeleke and Alan Duncan

IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL? POST‐CONFLICT STATEBUILDING, PEACEBUILDING, AND THE GOOD GOVERNANCE AGENDA IN TIMOR‐LESTE pp. 96-108

Shaun Goldfinch and Karl DeRouen

EXPLAINING HYBRIDITY IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: AN EMPIRICAL CASE OF BHUTAN'S CIVIL SERVICE pp. 109-122

Lhawang Ugyel

CHANGING DIMENSIONS OF TRUST IN GOVERNMENT: AN EXPLORATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN HONG KONG pp. 123-136

Richard M. Walker and Peter Hills

THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE, Edited by Robert D. Ebel and John E. Petersen; foreword by Alice M. Rivlin. Oxford University Press, 2012, xxii + 1032 pp. $175 pp. 137-140

George M. Guess

Volume 34, issue 1, 2014

TRUST OR CONTROL? PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AT THE CROSSROADS pp. 1-13

Willem Elbers, Luuk Knippenberg and Lau Schulpen

UNDERSTANDING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION: AN ACTOR‐NETWORK PERSPECTIVE pp. 14-31

Richard Heeks and Carolyne Stanforth

THE COGNITIVE FOUNDATION OF A CO‐PRODUCTION APPROACH TO PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT: HOW DO OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS UNDERSTAND GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE IN CHINA? pp. 32-47

Wai Fung Lam and Xiaoqi Wang

INFORMAL SECTOR TAX ADMINISTRATION IN ZIMBABWE pp. 48-62

Godwin Dube

THE SAUDI ARABIAN BUDGETING SYSTEM: AN INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT pp. 63-80

Ghazi Joharji and John Willoughby

Development Aid Confronts Politics: The Almost Revolution, by Thomas Carothers and Diane de Gramont, Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2013, 346 pp., ISBN 978‐0‐87003‐400‐8 pp. 81-82

Derick W. Brinkerhoff