While scholars have explored the dynamics of African border communities focusing on context-specific everyday practices of crime prevention and safer neighbourhood strategies, attention is often directed to community policing than other strategies. Relatively little attention has been dedicated...

This study examines the causal and dynamic effects of carbon information disclosure on firm value, using a policy-driven setting in China's carbon-intensive industries. In 2018, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment implemented a regulatory policy requiring internal carbon accounting and...

Over the past two decades, Armenia's economy has undergone significant transformation marked by periods of rapid growth, external shocks, and resilience. From 2000 to 2008, Armenia transformed into one of the Europe and Central Asia region's most rapidly growing economies, with average annual...

This study examines how national public funding and macroeconomic conditions affect higher education performance, measured by graduation rates. A panel dataset covering 2013-2022 and ten Lithuanian public universities integrates economic, financial, and institutional variables. Lithuania applies...

This study examines how national public funding and macroeconomic conditions affect higher education performance, measured by graduation rates. A panel dataset covering 2013-2022 and ten Lithuanian public universities integrates economic, financial, and institutional variables. Lithuania applies...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming public administration, but its implementation is shaped by local contexts. This thesis compares AI adoption in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and Berlin, Germany, examining how administrative traditions influence results. Belo Horizonte, with a...

This chapter delves into the challenges and strategies surrounding the implementation of literacy policies in India, particularly in marginalized communities. Despite significant increases in national literacy rates—from 52.2% in 1991 to 77.7% in 2021—India faces persistent inequalities in...