Each year we join the institutional and policy meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM). At this year’s event, the topics mainly focused on promoting justice through research and practice — but the most poignant session for me was on cultural competency in public policy education. At first, coming from the Dutch and UN system, I thought our institute would be doing rather well. We’re based in a free and democratic country and our staff and s...
Our press review features the latest publications by UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance, as well as mentions in the media. Output for November includes seven working papers, two journal articles, a conference presentation, and a PhD thesis. These cover job creation in Africa, social protection in Cambodia, and tax reform in China, among others. We were also mentioned in the francophone press of Senegal, by Le Soleil and REWMI, following our high-level conference in Dakar on 25-26 November. A...