If we imagine the proverb “if the mountain won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain” as an equation with two variables, information and communication technologies (“ICT”) and public administration, it will not matter which place each one of them will take in the...

During the last three decades there has been an almost continuous undermining of the public interest by private interests operating either outside or inside Greek public administration. The result of this infiltration has been a gradual loss of bureaucratic autonomy to pursue the public...

The challenge of public administration reform is well-known: politicians often have little interest in the efficient implementation of government policy. Using new data from 439 World Bank public sector reform loans in 109 countries, we demonstrate that such reforms are significantly less likely...

This paper examines the U.S. government's intramural research and development efforts over a 40-year period, drawing together multiple human capital, government spending, and patent datasets. The U.S. Federal Government innovates along four dimensions: technological, organizational, regulatory,...

On average, higher per capita GDP is correlated with improved health outcomes. In parallel, improved population health also seems to foster higher GDP. Yet health and growth need not increase proportionately with one another, nor is this relationship universal. Patnaik highlights potential...

This paper examines tensions in the administration of justice in Canada. These tensions arise in part from what the author describes as a ‘tripartite' responsibility for the courts system, split between two levels of government and the judicial and executive branches. It also identifies...

Usługi publiczne oferowane on-line stają się standardem nowoczesnej administracji publicznej. Przynosza one wymierne korzyści zarówno usługobiorcom (obywatelom) jak i usługodawcom (jednostkom różnych szczebli administracji publicznej). Minimalizują bowiem koszty, skracają czas...

Die Digitalisierung der Verwaltung kommt in Deutschland nicht voran; im europäischen Vergleich befindet sich das Land im E-Government weiter im unteren Mittelfeld. Im Umsetzungsstand für digitale öffentliche Dienste der EU kam Deutschland 2022 nur auf Rang 18 der 27 Mitgliedsländer. Das...

In this article we apply and extend the model elaborated by Acemoglu and Verdier in their seminal paper (2000), to examine how the economy represented in their theoretical framework responds to an exogenous change in the agent's incentive. In particular, we focus on the consequences of a famous...

Spain has a population distribution dispersed in small population centres where 60% of municipalities have less than 1,000 inhabitants. This situation generates a financial and functional incapacity to guarantee the successful and efficient provision of local public services. In order to fulfil...