Institutional Reforms, Governance, and Services Delivery in the Global South

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvi

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2. Institutional Reforms, Governance, and Services Delivery in the Global South

   • Hamid E. Ali, Shahjahan Bhuiyan

   Pages 1-16

3. Institutional Reforms and Policy Design

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Governance and Policymaking in the Middle East and North Africa: Evidence from Using Inductive Thematic Coding

      • Tamer Qarmout, Sonia D’Angelo

      Pages 19-58

   3. Middle Class and Institutional Reform in Selected Arab Countries

      • Abeer Rashdan

      Pages 59-73

   4. Deinstitutionalization and Alternative Care Systems: A Case Study of Children Without Parental Care in Egypt

      • Amira Hossam Abdel Aziz

      Pages 75-99

   5. Parents Maintenance Act 2013 of Bangladesh: An Analysis of the Provisions and the Implementation Context Strategy

      • Nusrat Jahan Chowdhury, Touhida Tasnima

      Pages 101-127

4. Governance Reform

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129

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   2. Trust in Top Leadership of Africa: A Search for Explanatory Factors Beyond Performance and Governance Quality

      • Ishtiaq Jamil, Hasan Muhammad Baniamin, Steinar Askvik

      Pages 131-151

   3. E-Governance: Toward a Framework for Curbing Corruption in Lebanon

      • Sarah Hariri Haykal

      Pages 153-176

   4. An Analysis of Social Accountability and Local Governance Interventions in Egypt During the Transition

      • Yasmin Khodary

      Pages 177-198

5. Service Delivery

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199

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   2. Two-Factor Model for Public-Private Partnership (PPP): Evidence from International Experiential Learning

      • Ali Mistarihi

      Pages 201-222

   3. Breaking Down Silos and Fostering Inter-Agency Collaboration: Malaysia’s National Blue Ocean Strategy in Perspective

      • Noore Alam Siddiquee

      Pages 223-240

   4. Public Service Delivery: Egypt’s Pre-University Education Reforms Continuing Through the Pandemic

      • Laila El Baradei

      Pages 241-263

   5. Assessment of Poverty Alleviation Policies in Assiut Governorate, Egypt

      • Mohamed Hassan Youssef

      Pages 265-287

   6. Conclusion: Institutional Reform, Governance, and Services Delivery in the Global South: Issues and Perspectives

      • Shahjahan Bhuiyan, Hamid E. Ali

      Pages 289-298

6. Back Matter

   Pages 299-301

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This edited book explores the link between institutional reforms, governance and services delivery in the Global South, mapping how and to what extent resource-poor governments deliver public services to their citizens. The book concludes that delivery of public services responsibly and efficiently remains largely unachievable because of weaker institutions and poor quality of governance in the Global South countries. Reforms to governance and institutions are generally considered fitting measures to overcome public service delivery challenges.

• decision making
• governance
• governance reform
• deinstitutionalization
• public policy
• evidence-informed decision making
• post-NPM era

“Through a deft integration of comparative policy analysis, public administration, and institutional design, this book provides a unique understanding of governance capacity challenges and opportunities in the Global South. Design, reform, and delivery are explored in detailed country case studies, tempered with regional comparisons. The book significantly expands the frontiers of policy analysis and public administration, both in theory and in practice.” (Lesile A. Pal, Founding Dean, College of Public Policy, Hamdan Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar)
“This volume brings together a variety of cases offering valuable insights into the role of institutional reform, policy design, and governance in shaping delivery of public service in the Global South, particularly in the MENA and Asian countries. It also provides vital impetus for public policy and governance studies in Global South stressing the challenges and opportunities in delivering public service to meet the citizens needs and demand.” (M. Ramesh, Professor & UNESCO Chair on Social Policy Design in Asia, Lee Kuan School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore)

• School of Public Administration and Development Economics, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Doha, Qatar

  Hamid E. Ali

• Department of Public Policy and Administration, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt

  Shahjahan Bhuiyan

Hamid E. Ali is Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy and Dean of the School of Public Administration and Development Economics at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar, and an Associate Professor (on leave) at The American University in Cairo’s School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Egypt. He holds an M.Sc. in Economics and a PhD in Economics and Public Policy both from the University of Texas at Austin, USA, and is the author of Darfur Political Economy: A Quest for Development (2014) and co-author with Christos Kollias of Defense Spending, Natural Resources, and Conflict (2017). He has published in numerous scholarly journals.

Shahjahan Bhuiyan is Associate Professor of Public Administration and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Administration at The American University in Cairo’s School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Egypt. He was previously Dean of the KIMEP University’s College of Social Sciences, Kazakhstan. Bhuiyan holds an MPhil in Public Administration from the University of Bergen, Norway, and a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Bonn, Germany. He was a Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford University’s Oxford Institute of Population Aging (OIA) and the Inaugural Democratic Governance Fellow in UNDP’s Oslo Governance Center. He has published in numerous scholarly journals and has authored, edited, or contributed to books.

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