International Journal of Public Sector Management: Volume 27 Issue 4

Evaluation of public policy advocacy: challenges, principles and BEST-AC case study

Annabel Jackson

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that both the processes and outcomes of advocacy can be evaluated in ways that can help with learning and accountability. The paper…

The advocacy-growth nexus: the case of the Egyptian banking sector

Monal Adel Abdel-Baki

The Egyptian banking sector has acted as an arena for multiple alliances, some of which bred crony capitalism and others acted as growth alliances. The purpose of this paper is to…

The effect of the regulatory framework on the competitiveness of the dairy sector in Tanzania

Goodluck Charles Urassa

The purpose of this paper is to assess the effect of the regulatory framework on the competitiveness of the dairy sector of Tanzania. More precisely, it attempts to identify the…

Features of business association advocates in Africa

David Irwin

The purpose of this paper is to review the attempts to describe the features and characteristics of business associations in Tanzania which are aiming to influence public policy…

A contingency framework on partnership risk

Tobias Krause

The purpose of this paper is to analyze and compare the specific contingencies of partnership risk in shared equity public-private partnerships (PPPs) with the contingencies of…

Mapping public value processes

John Alford, Sophie Yates

The purpose of this paper is to add to the analytic toolkit of public sector practitioners by outlining a framework called Public Value Process Mapping (PVPM). This approach is…

Where social enterprise practitioners draw the line : Towards an understanding of movement from social entrepreneurship as boundary work

Pam Seanor, Michael Bull, Susan Baines, Martin Purcell

The purpose of this paper is to offer new reflection upon the contested interaction of social enterprises with the public sector. It does this by fore fronting the notions of…

Public private dialogue and private sector advocacy

Dr David Irwin