OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Public Administration and Development is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Urban renewal as policy innovation in China: From growth stimulation to sustainable development	40
The COVID‐19 pandemic: Time for a universal basic income?	29
Recontextualizing street‐level bureaucracy in the developing world	24
Cross the river by feeling the stones: How did nonlocal grassroots nonprofits overcome administrative barriers to provide quick responses to COVID‐19?	13
Policy improvisation: How frontline workers cope with public service gaps in developing countries—The case of Mexico's Prospera program	12
Public administration, context and innovation: A framework of analysis	11
The impact of public sector accounting reform on corruption: Causal evidence from subnational Indonesia	11
All‐of‐government response to the COVID‐19 pandemic: The case of Vietnam	11
Street‐level bureaucrats in a relational state: The case of Bougainville	10
When street‐level implementation meets systemic corruption	9
Can service providing NGOs build democracy? Five contingent features	9
The institutionalization and effectiveness of transnational policy transfer: The China–Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park as a case study	9
Localisation of the Sustainable Development Goals in an emerging nation	8
How does policy innovation diffuse among Chinese local governments? A qualitative comparative analysis of River Chief Innovation	8
‘Post‐NPM’ by force or fiat? A comparison of administrative reform trajectories in Brazil and Mexico¹	8
Discretion on the frontlines of the implementation of the Ghana School Feeding Programme: Street‐Level Bureaucrats adapting to austerity in northern Ghana	8
Fifty years of capacity building: Taking stock and moving research forward¹	7
Decentralized governance and collective action dilemma: Sub‐national governments' responses to COVID‐19 in China	7
Open government and the right to information: Implications for transparency and accountability in Asia	7
The politicization of civil service recruitment and promotion in Vietnam	7
Isomorphic dynamics in national action plans on antimicrobial resistance	7
Civil society and democratization: The role of service‐providing organizations amid closing civic spaces	7
Do visiting monks give better sermons? “Street‐level bureaucrats from higher‐up” in targeted poverty alleviation in China	7
Local response to the COVID‐19 pandemic: The case of Nepal	7
The forms of decommodification and (de)familisation measures during COVID‐19: What is the impact on female's welfare?	6

New developments at Public Administration and Development	6
Context and innovation in traditional bureaucracies: A Hong Kong study	6
Entrepreneurship‐driven public management reforms in Southeast Asia: Critical implications for public accountability	6
Interpreting lived experiences: The dilemmas of public sector leaders	5
Decentralization: A handicap in fighting the COVID‐19 pandemic? The response of the regional governments in Spain	5
“Fairness” in an unequal society: Welfare workers, labor inspectors and the embedded moralities of street‐level bureaucracy in Argentina	5
Social conflict on the front lines of reform: Institutional activism and girls' education in rural India	5
Public service ethics, values and spirituality in developing and transitional countries: Challenges and opportunities	5
The role of local governments in South Korea's COVID‐19 response	5
Relationship between public sector reforms and culture: The implementation of NPM‐related performance management reforms in a collectivist and risk averse culture	4
Accountability and transparency in emerging countries: Governance, democratic currents and change	4
From women for women: The role of social media in online nonprofit activities during Wuhan lockdown	4
Fiscal decentralization, intergovernmental mobility, and the innovativeness of local governments' policy response in COVID‐19: Evidence from China	4
Pre‐requisites for infrastructure public‐private partnerships in oil‐exporting countries: The case of Saudi Arabia	4
Domestic resource mobilisation strategies of national non‐governmental organisations in Ghana	4
Subnational government responses to the Covid‐19 pandemic: Expectations, realities and lessons for the future	4
Capturing South Africa's developmental state: State‐society relations and responses to state capture	4
A glimpse of light in darkness: Performance‐based accountability in Bangladesh public administration	4