A review of classical thoughts on contemporary public administration in developing countries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo C. Gomes ◽  
Erika Lisboa
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Public Administration

E-Projects Challenges in India – Role of Human Resource Management and Technology

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 263
Author(s):  
Ramnik Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Services ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Government ◽  
Traditional Approaches

E-governance is a paradigm shift over the traditional approaches in Public Administration which means rendering of government services and information to the public by using electronic means. In the past decades, service quality and responsiveness of the government towards the citizens were least important but with the approach of E-Government the government activities are now well dealt. This paper withdraws experiences from various studies from different countries and projects facing similar challenges which need to be consigned for the successful implementation of e-governance projects. Developing countries like India face poverty and illiteracy as a major obstacle in any form of development which makes it difficult for its government to provide e-services to its people conveniently and fast. It also suggests few suggestions to cope up with the challenges faced while implementing e-projects in India.

The Transformation of the Public Administration in the Multi-Level Governance Era

2019 ◽  
pp. 23-51
Author(s):  
Elif Yucebas
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Multilevel Governance ◽  
Public Administration Reform ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Restructuring Process ◽  
Transfer Of Information

The speed of transformation and development in information and communication technologies is an important fact triggering the restructuring process of public administration. The developing countries have become integrated into this process through public administration reform methods presented by international institutions. Transfer of information and communication technologies have become important for modernizing public administration organizations of developing countries and adapting them to the global system. In multilevel governance, use and implementation of the information technologies enabling network structuring between institutions have a particular importance. In this sense, the purpose of this study is to present the process followed by Turkey for adapting information and communication technologies to public administration organization and provision of public services in the frame of a multilevel governance approach.

scholarly journals A Secured SOA Model for Decentralized Public Administration in Developing Countries: Application on Fairground Court in Cameroon

2016 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Roger Atsa Etoundi ◽  
Emmanuel Moupojou Matango ◽  
Celestin Parfait Bessala Bessala ◽  
Serge Mani Onana
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Public Administration

scholarly journals Corruption in Kazakhstan: and its impact on the economic development of the country

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (4) ◽  
pp. 8-13
Author(s):  
M. Abuova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
The Republic

Corruption is a serious problem, and not only in developing countries. The fact is corruption interferes economic growth weakens the rule of law and undermines the rule of law institutions. Moreover, it has been studied nationally from the different perspectives of that issue. Recently, a growing number of studies on local corruption and, these recent studies have focused on the corruption and its impact on voters. The report will consider corruption in the system of public administration in the Republic of Kazakhstan and will be focused on the consequences of the corruption on the economy of the country

scholarly journals An Agenda for the Study of Public Administration in Developing Countries

حِكامة ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 178-198
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Qualitative Information ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Testing Theory

Developing nations demand a different scholarly approach in the field of public administration. We advance an agenda for research that stands on four pillars. First, in the absence of easily accessible data scholars of developing world public administration must assemble it for themselves. Second, building and testing theory plays a paramount role because researchers face limited information. Third, in developing countries, multi-national and non-governmental organizations are often crucial and must be considered in studying public administration. Fourth, given the novelties and ambiguities researchers face, qualitative information must be integrated throughout the research process. Our article—and the articles in this volume—constitute a call for developing country research to contribute to the study of public administration writ large, informing our understanding of both developing and developed states.

Collaborative Governance in a Developing Non-Democracy: Uganda's Organizational Success Fighting HIV/AIDS

2021 ◽  
pp. 027507402110591
Author(s):  
Michael P. Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
Network Control ◽  
Organization Studies ◽  
Organization Model ◽  
Grand Challenges ◽  
Hiv Aids

Organization and management scholars seek theory-grounded and theory-building research regarding establishing and structuring organization forms to tackle large, intractable problems, especially grand challenges of poverty, disease, and hunger. Developing countries tend to have intractable social problems of rampant poverty and poor health and struggle with epidemics. The case of HIV/AIDS in Uganda contributes new understanding regarding public organization and state capacity in developing countries, especially regarding grand challenges of intractable social problems. Field research study of HIV/AIDS action in Uganda contributes unexpected insights regarding collaborative governance in an institution context under-explored in public administration and organization studies, the developing non-democracy. Ugandan public executives innovated a participatory organization model of cross-sector collaborative governance to fight their intractable social problem of HIV/AIDS during their start-up era. The participatory organization model innovated by the Ugandan public chief executive, called a best practice by WHO/UNAIDS and influential with PEPFAR designers, yields a construct of network coordination and network control for study of the organization of cross-sector collaborative governance. Integration of public administration and organization studies with development and international relations studies informs study of tensions between efficiency and inclusiveness and between social power and social legitimacy with respect to collaborative governance outcomes of network effectiveness and participatory accountability in the institution context of a developing non-democracy. Is non-democracy meaningful or meaningless to collaborative governance?

Development administration : Toward an approach mode

Res Publica ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 519-533
Author(s):  
Metin Heper ◽  
Ümit Berkman
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Systematic Theory ◽  
Open Country ◽  
Basic Argument ◽  
Institutional Model ◽  
Administrative Structures ◽  
Comparative Public Administration

The institutional model as delineated by classical Public Administration has limited utility for public administration in the developing countries. There are unlikely to be any uniform structural remedies foradministrative defects in those countries. Similar relationships do not have similar consequences in different contexts. An increased awareness along these lines led to the emergence of Development Administration- an effort to relate structures to goals - and Comparative Public Administration - analysis of administrative structures in their own societal contexts. The basic argument of the present articles is that despite our increased sophistication on these matters the relevance in Development Administration cannot be obtained if one relies only on theoretical knowledge. It is noted that in Development Administration thinking must descend from the heights of systematic theory to the open country of praxis.

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