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CALL FOR PAPERS
International Conference on
Governance and Service Delivery in
Developing Economies
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION EXTENDED TO NOV 15, 2014
24th - 28th, August 2015
Uganda Management Institute is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the International
Conference on Governance and Service Delivery in Developing Economies. The Conference
will be held from the 24thto the 28th of August 2015.
The Conference will provide an arena for scholars, students and practitioners from diverse
disciplines of public management to collectively explore managerial solutions to the
governance and service delivery challenges in Africa.
You are invited to submit your contributions towards identifying practical strategies for
improving governance processes, curbing corruption and improving service delivery under
the five sub-themes listed hereunder.
i.
Public Sector Reforms
ii.
Development Agenda, Globalization, Regionalism, Nationalism and Partnerships
iii. Performance Management, Monitoring and Evaluation
iv.
E-Governance
v.
Anti-Corruption Strategies
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Governance and Service Delivery in Developing Economies
Introduction to the theme of the conference
The quest for paradigms that work for Africa‟s development has continuously engaged
policymakers, researchers and practitioners. The stagnant poverty trends, inability to meet
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the uneven development and inequalities
within and across countries, the unending civil wars, and the slow pace and nature of
development has puzzled many actors as well as scholars. Part of the problem has been
attributed to governance in countries of the African Region. The New Partnership for Africa‟s
Development (NEPAD) and its monitoring instrument, the Africa Peer Review Mechanism
among other reports highlight inappropriate governance as a major quandary responsible for
holding back Africa‟s development. NEPAD and the outcomes of the 2002 UN Monetary
Financing for Development Summit in Mexico demonstrate a link between poor governance and
the failure of societal institutions to effectively achieve MDGs in Africa.
There is a positive link between sound governance and development outcomes. Giving an
example of Afghanistan and Kenya, Kaufmann and Penciakova (2010) show that when
governance improves infant mortality on average declines by two-thirds and incomes rise
three-fold in the long run. Increased focus on governance dimensions including corruption,
inequality, media freedoms and gender rights increases the attainment of MDGs. Although
governance is seen as a critical ingredient to development in Africa, it is at the same time a
messy business of power and politics. Whichever angle governance is looked at, Africa is
known not to be better governed. With democratic governance or formal rules of the political
game, Africa is said to be thriving on informality. With economic governance, Africa‟s
public sector is either seen to be struggling or failing to manage its economy according to
New Public Management (NPM) ethos. Even with the human rights and freedoms‟ agenda,
African Governments are said to have failed to preserve and protect their citizens.
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At the same time for many developing economies, especially in Africa, decision-making and policy
formulation appear to be the easier job. Moving from policy making to policy execution and
provision of public goods and services is the tougher task sending signals that service delivery and
governance are intricately related. Uganda Management Institute (UMI) as a premier Management
Development Institute (MDI) in the region construes that the managerial dimension of governance
exercised in the institutional arena of bureaucracy and other actors shapes the implementation of
public policy. As part of a large community of International Associations of Schools and Institutes of
Administration, we consider it as our remit to contribute towards improved management and find
initiatives that work for this continent.
This International Conference therefore provides a unique opportunity for scholars, students and
practitioners from diverse disciplines of public management to a discourse on managerial solutions to
the governance challenges in Africa. Participants of the conference will be challenged to move from
theoretical frameworks to practical strategies for improving governance processes, curbing corruption
and improving service delivery. Finding African realities in the way governments conduct their
business and understanding the way service delivery is currently entangled is useful to resolving the
puzzle of development for the continent. Issues that scholars and practitioners could address include
but are not limited to those in the sub-themes. A description of the sub-themes is provided here
under.
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Conference Sub-themes
Theme 1: Public Sector Reforms
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Many countries in Africa have undertaken public sector reforms often following the NPM
principles. However, many scholars of public administration have argued that the dominance
of NPM has declined, and extremists like Dunleavy argue that it is even dead, after all there
was nothing new about it at all. As a consequence, NPM is being replaced by new value
laden paradigms such as those focusing on whole government issues (network governance),
Neo-Weberian state reforms aimed at reaffirming the role of the state (developmental state),
collaborative governance (such as PPPs) and the good governance ideas where governments
improve themselves, become reliable, accountable and responsive to solving societal
problems and protecting the citizens. The questions are; which paradigm should guide public
sector reforms and under what conditions? What realities trigger a given reform? These
questions are relevant given the complexity of the African continent, traditions, culture and
political economy. Therefore under this theme scholars, students and practitioners can
address issues of:
 Managerialism versus Traditional Public Administration
 Local Governance and Development
 Public Financial Management
 CSOs role in Local Governance
 Human Resources Development
 Managing Cross-border Human Resources
 Multiple Public Service Modalities
 Public Manager, Public Interests Vs Marketization of Economies
 Local Economic Development
 Procurement Management
 Network Governance and role of the Private Sector
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Theme 2: Development Agenda, Globalization, Regionalism, Nationalism and
Partnerships
What development paradigm works for Africa? Africa has tested several development
theories and approaches, ranging from modernization, colonialism, nationalism, structural
adjustment programs, global marshal poverty reduction plans and national development
agendas and collaborative approaches, however, the pace and outcomes of development
seem undesirable. The application of these approaches and theories has created an
unbearable burden to the population. Consequently, some scholars have noted that
development in terms of economic growth is illusive and not inclusive. While some African
countries have reversed their poverty trends and are on the way towards achieving some
MDGs, such development seems not to be sustainable. Such „illusive‟ development
sometimes called „a stupid thing‟ is obviously complex to govern. The essence of
governments is to create desirable development and improve the wellbeing of each and every
citizen. Therefore undertaking research on trends of development on the continent is critical
especially amidst unsatisfied citizen. Under this theme, scholars, students and practitioners
will interrogate the following issues:
 National Development Planning and Planning Implementation
 Future of Development Cooperation in Africa
 Economic Transformation-Public Administration Perspective
 Management of Energy, National Resources and Environment
 Gender and Diversity Management
 Security Management and Development
 Role of Regional Economic Blocs in Service Delivery
 NGO Accountability and Governance
 Social Movements and Citizen Driven service delivery
 Politics of Service Delivery in Africa
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Papers that treat specific case studies of sectors (health, education, roads, energy etc and/or, countries are
encouraged.
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Theme 3: Performance Management, Monitoring and Evaluation
Performance measurement has been a core element of public sector reforms since the 1980s.
Public sector organisations are under pressure to show evidence of good performance in
service delivery to the citizens. The way government performance is managed is an art of
governance. Assessment of service quality and program results is a key component to
showcase performance and informed public management. However, while single central
government agency performance measurement has been sufficiently developed, systematic
attempts to make intergovernmental performance comparisons have often had limited
success. Under this theme scholars, students and practitioners will address issues of:
 Impact-based Evaluations of Public Services
 The CSO role in Evaluations
 Unintended Consequences of Public Service
 Methodological Evaluation Issues
 Utilization-focused Evaluations
 Equity-based Evaluations
 Whole Organization Evaluations
 Knowledge Management
 Evaluation Capacity in African Countries, Profession, Standard, and Guidelines
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Theme 4: E-Governance
Is e-governance a managerial option to governance challenges? There is no doubt
that E-government is a necessity for the countries aiming for better governance.
However, debate on e-government for public administration focuses on its functions
of service delivery, information management, and use of technology (Kumar Shakya,
2010). Yet public administration is beyond a public administrator. Accordingly,
public administrators need a broader public administration approach that surpasses
the technocratic emphasis. Governance extends beyond government enclave, to civil
society and the private enterprises. Therefore e-governance should embrace the
potential of exercising political, social, economic, and administrative processes and
govern the whole matter. Under this, theme scholars, students and practitioners will
deliberate on the following issues:
 Information &Communication Technologies to track Service Delivery
Strategies
 Educational Institutions in Advancing E-managerial Solutions
 Management of Cybercrimes
 Mobile Money and Mobile Banking
 E-service Delivery in Social Sectors
 E-Management, Quality Assurance
 Use of Social Networks in Service Delivery in Africa
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Theme 5: Anti-Corruption Strategies
Corruption is one of the main challenges that undermine effectiveness of institutions and
governments in many developed and developing countries. It threatens economic and
political fortunes of countries. It is also one of the major factors that affects investors‟
confidence and discourages innovations. Corruption hurts the poor disproportionately and
undermines governments‟ ability to provide for its citizens depriving them of true
governance. While legal and institutional measures have succeeded to expose corruption to
some extent, there are weak formal and informal mechanisms that succeed to punish and
deter the corrupt and ensure enhanced accountability. Are there proven or best practices
towards elimination of corruption? Is there a managerial solution to corruption? Under this
theme scholars, students and practitioners will address issues of:
 Political economy of corruption in Africa
 Anti-Corruption and Social Accountability Reforms
 Costs of Corruption at the political, economic, and social levels
 Measurement of corruption: Principles and strategies to fight corruption
 Ethics and integrity systems in public, NGO and private sectors
 Institutional dilemmas in management of corruption
 Citizen driven anti-corruption models
Papers that treat specific case studies of sectors (health, education, roads, energy etc and/or,
countries are encouraged.
Conference Registration, Submission of Abstracts and Papers
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To register for the conference, complete the online form which can be accessed via the link
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You can submit your abstracts, papers, and inquiries to: [email protected] and
[email protected]. You can alternatively enquire about the conference by
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Submission Guidelines
Length and layout of the article
 Should be within the range of 3,500 to 4,000 words excluding references.
 Should not exceed 20 pages
 Should include an abstract of 100-200 words.
 Key words should be provided at the end of the abstract
 Foot notes and end notes are note encouraged, can only be used where it is very necessary
 Readability, fluency of style and clarity of exposition are essential
Composition of the article
 Introduction–stating the context, what is already known, the gap to be filled and how the article
will fill this gap? This provides rationale for the article.
 Literature-practical, procedural, and theoretical information the readers need to read and
appreciate the study. Summary of existing contribution, debates and unconcluded perspectives.
 Methodology or research process-describing how the study was conducted
 Findings-surprises and non-surprises either from secondary or primary data sources
 Discussion–highlighting findings, engaging other scholars, explaining the differences or
similarities and the likely implication to this specific case and wider management literature
 Conclusion–should be appropriate to the article and in line with the research question
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References
The conference will utilise the American Psychological Association (APA) Guidelines.
In text referencing
 Citations in the text usually consist of the name of the author(s), the date of publication and page
number if using a direct quotation.
 Quotations of less than 40 words are set out within the body of the text, enclosed with double
quotation marks “ ”. Quotations of more than 40 words should be set out in a block, commenced
on a new line and indented 5 spaces from the left hand margin. Quotation marks should not be
used.
 Page numbers should not be included when summarizing or paraphrasing someone‟s work.
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Important Dates and timelines
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Call for papers June 30th 2014
Paper Abstract Submission Deadline: Nov 15th , 2014
Abstract Acceptance Notification: Dec 15th , 2014
Full Paper Submission Deadline: March 30th , 2015
Paper Acceptance Notification: April 30th , 2015
Deadline for Registration: June 30th, 2015
Conference Dates: August 24th -28th, 2015
To learn more about the ideas and themes underlying this conference, guidelines to
preparing and submitting your conference proposal, important deadlines and registration
forms and fees, follow the link www.umi.ac.ug.confr
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