This study evaluates the efficacy of e-Government initiatives in addressing local governance challenges in Zamboanga City, Philippines. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the research examines how digital tools have improved administrative processes and service delivery, identifies key barriers...

This study evaluates the efficacy of e-Government initiatives in addressing local governance challenges in Zamboanga City, Philippines. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the research examines how digital tools have improved administrative processes and service delivery, identifies key barriers...

This study explores the strategic governance of flood and drought management in Zamboanga City, Philippines, through a detailed examination of decentralized governance structures, stakeholder engagement, resource management, and performance measurement. Using a mixed-methods approach, including...

This study evaluates the efficacy and efficiency of online information dissemination strategies at a public college in Zamboanga City, Philippines, focusing on their implications for enhancing administrative communication within public sector organizations. As online communication increasingly...

The twin issues of what makes people “happy,” and the relative strength of these happiness affecting factors, have in the recent past become a staple of economic analysis and goes under the rubric of “happiness research”. The aim of such research is to understand what the determinants of...

This chapter provides an overview of the main themes presented in this book. Most books on happiness are concerned with answering, in their diverse ways, a basic question: how should I live? Such books assume, however, that the path to happiness lies entirely within one’s control. Happiness is...

Happiness is usually measured by simply asking people about how happy they are (or, have been in the recent past). The most usual way of doing so is to ask a “happiness question”: ‘Taking all things together, would you say that you are (i) very happy; (ii) quite happy; (iii) not very...

There is now a considerable body of literature on decentralization in diverse national contexts. Ascertaining factors that drive local accountability and performance have been the key concerns of these studies. Diverse ethodological instruments and approaches have been used—from large-n...

This paper highlights the COVID-19 economic impact on Cameroon. We access broadly the impact that COVID-19 will have or already has on the different economical sector in Cameroon. By this period, cases are still increasing in Cameroon and there is a huge uncertainty about when this global...

This study explores the causes of corruption for Sub-Sahara Africa in a panel of 22 countries from 1996 to 2013. The sources of corruption are grouped under three main thematic areas – historical roots, contemporary causes and institutional causes to make way for both subjective and objective...