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Evidence-Based Public Policy Making

A special issue of Administrative Sciences (ISSN 2076-3387).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 26828

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Jaroslav Dvorak

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Head of department of Public Administration and Political Sciences, Klaipeda University, 93161 Klaipėda, Lithuanian
Interests: evidence-based policy making; performance management and budgeting; participatory budgeting; cultural policy and creativity, city diplomacy, administration of industrial relations, corruption and its prevention
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Dr. Lesya Ilchenko-Syuyva

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Kyiv-Mohyla School of Governance, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Dr. Mihaela Victoria Carausan

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National School of Political Sciences and Public Administration

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, there has been a significant effort to improve decision-making within the public sector by developing capacity in evidence-based policy making and policy analysis worldwide. However, these efforts are still in their early stages in many countries, and heavily reliant on donor assistance. There continue to be issues both on the demand side (how much governments genuinely want evidence-based policy advice) and on the supply side (e.g., skilled policy analysts, teaching institutions, think tanks).

The goal of the current call for papers is to focus and become a vehicle for discussion and debates around capacity challenges to professional evidence-based public policy making in the countries embraced by NISPAcee network, including, but not limited to, institutionalisation of public policy analysis procedures and concrete remedies for those challenges.

We invite potential authors to focus on the aspects and particularities of evidence-based policy making; policy analysis tools and techniques, monitoring and evaluation experience in a country and/or region in order to increase the practical relevance of the working group and to develop a common base knowledge. 

References

Dvorak, J. (2012). Assessment of Institutional and Policy Arrangements for Evaluation of

European Union Structural Funds Support in the Bulgarian National Government.

International Journal of Policy Studies Vol.3 No.1 p. 55-70

http://www.kaps.or.kr/en/src/board/view.php?page=1&code=IJPS&mode=&no=1867&s_kind=&_type=1&s_text=

Rudžionienė, J., Dvorak, J. (2014). Public Administration Approach What do libraries need for

Consistent information services evaluation. Library Management, Vol.35 (6/7) p. 495-507

Dr. Jaroslav Dvorak
Dr. Lesya Ilchenko-Syuyva
Dr. Mihaela Victoria Carausan
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • evaluation
  • monitoring
  • regulatory impact assessment
  • evidence-based policy
  • policy analysis

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Peculiarities of Ukrainians’ Approval of Decentralization Reform
by Marta Dmytryshyn, Roman Dmytryshyn, Valentyna Yakubiv and Andriy Zagorodnyuk
Adm. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 104; https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci11040104 - 22 Sep 2021
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Every countrywide reform can always have specific opponents and fans as the changes make people leave their comfort zone. As an example, we have chosen a Ukrainian decentralization reform. Although this local self-government reform can be considered the most successful in our country, [...] Read more.
Every countrywide reform can always have specific opponents and fans as the changes make people leave their comfort zone. As an example, we have chosen a Ukrainian decentralization reform. Although this local self-government reform can be considered the most successful in our country, the attitude of Ukrainians to the changes has not always been unambiguous. Using taxonomic analysis, the paper calculates the integrated indicator of public approval of decentralization reform in Ukraine based on sociological research for 2015–2020. We have described the features of conducting surveys in different periods and identified the reasons for the emergence of such an attitude to the reform. We have also calculated the weights of the impact of each primary indicator on the integrated indicator, which helped us identify the weaknesses and strengths of the reform in public opinion Furthermore, the analysis allowed us to reveal and substantiate a set of problems in implementing decentralization reform in Ukraine, and the causes and solutions were worked out for each problem. Finally, we have made a generalized algorithm for the application of the experience of public opinion analysis in planning and carrying out reforms. Full article
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NGO–Public Administration Relationships in Tackling the Homelessness Problem in the Czech Republic and Poland
by Monika Sidor and Dina Abdelhafez
Adm. Sci. 2021, 11(1), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci11010024 - 1 Mar 2021
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Recently, the role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Poland and the Czech Republic has increased, which has translated into a growing tendency to change the procedures for social assistance provision. However, the relationships between public administration and non-governmental organisations differ in both countries. [...] Read more.
Recently, the role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Poland and the Czech Republic has increased, which has translated into a growing tendency to change the procedures for social assistance provision. However, the relationships between public administration and non-governmental organisations differ in both countries. The Najam Four-C’s Model is used in this paper to describe how NGOs and public administration approach the problem of homelessness in the Czech Republic and Poland. To explore this issue, the authors conducted interviews with public servants and NGOs’ mangers in both countries. The findings show that, as far as homelessness is concerned, NGOs and state authorities function on the basis of complementarity in Poland as well as in the Czech Republic. Full article
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The Issues and Challenges of Local Government Units in the Era of Population Ageing
by Katarzyna Maj-Waśniowska and Tomasz Jedynak
Adm. Sci. 2020, 10(2), 36; https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci10020036 - 18 Jun 2020
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So far, issues related to the effects of ageing have been studied mainly from the perspective of national policy and international analyses. The study fills the research gap in this area focusing on the impact of demographic changes on the policy of local [...] Read more.
So far, issues related to the effects of ageing have been studied mainly from the perspective of national policy and international analyses. The study fills the research gap in this area focusing on the impact of demographic changes on the policy of local government units (LGUs). In the first section, a literature review of the research conducted so far has been performed. The empirical part contains the results of the study that was carried out on a sample of 131 municipalities of the Małopolska Voivodeship. The results obtained were subject to statistical analysis, based upon elements of descriptive statistics, cluster analysis and hierarchical clustering (k-means algorithm, Ward’s method) and statistical inference (Chi-square tests). It was found that the most important social problems identified by municipalities include in particular: demographic processes (indicated as significant by 71% of municipalities), population migrations (76%), unemployment (88%), alcoholism (93%) and poverty (75%). On the other hand, the following problems are perceived to a lesser extent: deficits in the level of education (15%) and social capital (36%), as well as participation in public (31%) and cultural (34%) life. However, only a few municipalities, mainly ones that are larger and more urbanised, see the key importance of the intensity of the ageing process (33% of cities with powiat rights, 14% of urban municipalities and only 4% of rural municipalities). Studies also indicate that in the light of the diagnosis of current problems, the greatest challenges associated with an ageing population are related to the lack of adequate financial resources, a decrease in a municipality’s income, a deteriorating situation in the local labour market, reduced family care potential, increased health care costs and social aid. It was also noted that from the municipalities’ point of view, the consequences of an ageing population will not only have a financial dimension, but will also require a certain redefinition of the catalogue of tasks to be carried out. Full article
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Indicators of Efficiency in the Pharmaceutical Management of a Public Health System
by Manuel Martínez-Blanes, Francisco Javier Rondán-Cataluña and José Manuel Velarde-Gestera
Adm. Sci. 2020, 10(2), 31; https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci10020031 - 19 May 2020
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This practical research arises from a growing interest in offering models that provide a measure of the efficiency of pharmaceutical management in the Public Health System, beyond spending per inhabitant or other similar indices that do not incorporate the effects of the environment. [...] Read more.
This practical research arises from a growing interest in offering models that provide a measure of the efficiency of pharmaceutical management in the Public Health System, beyond spending per inhabitant or other similar indices that do not incorporate the effects of the environment. The main objective of the paper is to design a tool that can measure the relative efficiency of health systems, with respect to the rational use of medicament based on its regional socioeconomic context. The first step was to check if it is possible to apply the efficiency and productivity analysis models, widely used in the economy and companies. We have carefully chosen the context factors that are pertinent and influential in the final index: demographic, sanitary, economic, and social. After selecting and ordering the context variables of the different regions of Spain, they are normalized using the index number transformation or ‘distance’ to a reference. The weighted sum method is used to build the synthetic indicators. The main contribution of this paper is to propose a relative efficiency indicator that assumes the context of performance and allows a comparison between health organizations. The methodology offered in this manuscript could assist policymakers to make better decisions in order to enhance the productivity of the public pharmaceutical system, and it makes available feedback about past decisions. Full article
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