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Item Open Access A new index of legislative oversight(2012-01) Pelizzo, RiccardoThe purpose of this paper is to present a new index of legislative oversight. Building on the work by Stapenhurst (2011), who argued that a proper index of legislative oversight capacity should reflect not only legislatures’ internal oversight capacity but also the impact of contextual factors, we devise and propose a modified version of the Stapenhurst. The results of the empirical analyses presented in the paper sustain the claim that when properly operationalized and measured, legislative oversight capacity is a good predictor of legislative oversight effectiveness and other policy relevant results.Item Open Access A Study of Household Coal Demand and its Implications for Rural Energy Policies(Resources Policy, 2016-03-29) Atakhanova, Zauresh; Howie, PeterHousehold use of coal creates high levels of indoor and outdoor pollution affecting human health and the environment. However, millions of people across northern Asia and some parts of Europe continue using coal for space heating and cooking. As a result, the case of Kazakhstan is of interest because 70% of its rural households use coal for heating. Availability of a relatively large dataset allows for identifying determinants of household coal demand and making policy recommendations. By analyzing Kazakhstan’s household budget survey data, we find that lack or limited access to alternative heating systems, low coal prices, and low energy efficiency of the housing stock are the main factors leading to high rates of residential coal use in Kazakhstan. In addition, we find that in the absence of relevant policies, household demand for coal for space heating should be expected to grow with income. As a result, if the government implements policies to increase coal prices, it should introduce concurrent policies that increase access to alternative heating systems and incentivize energy efficiency improvements.Item Open Access Academic Performance in comparative perspective(African Politics and Policy Newsletter, 2019-08-05) Pelizzo, RiccardoEast Africa has traditionally had good universities. The data collected and made available by Scimago allow one to assess how good East African universities are in comparative perspective....Item Open Access Access and Performance Inequalities – post-primary education in Northern Ireland(Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 2014) Borooah, Vani; Knox, ColinNorthern Ireland's schools system is undergoing a radical review. The first stage in this process is to reform the post-primary sector in response to the Education Minister's call to 'put pupils first' and raise the overall standard of educational performance. An excess of school places, reduction in public expenditure on education, and opportunities to examine segregated schooling have all hastened this reform. Drawing on data gathered by education bodies for the purposes of the review, this paper examines those factors which best explain education performance and highlights the social injustices in the existing system.Item Open Access Adapting University Education for Changing Expectations of Public Services Leaders and Managers: New Guidance for Designing and Delivering MPAs(Public Money and Management, 2010) Coxhead, Francis; Grauberg, Janet; Joyce, Paul; Lawes, Tanya; Massey, Andrew; Knox, ColinGuidance for designing and delivering Masters in Public Administration (MPA) programmes has just been approved by three key stakeholder bodies - the Public Administration Committee (of the Joint University Council), the Public Management & Policy Association, and the Public Administration Specialist Group of the UK’s Political Studies Association. The Guidance benefitted from contributions by staff of the National School of Government and of Government Skills. Why is the development of this Guidance timely, what was the thinking behind it, and what are the principles that should be followed in designing and delivering MPAs? As will be seen, we give a lot of attention to the needs of the civil service and the new skills agenda for central government, because this is an important recent development, but the Guidance has been drafted for central government, regional bodies, local government, and all other public services organizations.Item Open Access ‘ADMINISTERING THE SUMMIT’: THE CASE OF KAZAKHSTAN(2008) Kassymova, Dinazat; Knox, ColinKazakhstan was formed as an autonomous Republic within the Russian Federation in August 1920 and became a Republic of the Soviet Union in 1936. In 1989 Nursultan Nazarbayev became head of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan. The Supreme Soviet elected Nazarbayev first Kazakh president in 1990 and declared state sovereignty. In December 1991 Nazarbayev won uncontested presidential elections (98% of the vote) and Kazakhstan declared its independence from the Soviet Union and joined the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). In 1995 the President’s term of office was extended until 2000 at a nation-wide referendum and in January 1999, in an early election, he was returned for a seven year term by almost 80% of voters. The most recent Presidential elections were held in December 2005 when Nazarbayev won a third term with more than 90% of the vote. The people of Kazakhstan have to live with the aftermath of Soviet-era nuclear testing and toxic waste dumping. President Nazarbayev got rid of the nuclear weapons on Kazakh territory and sees his greatest achievement as building an independent country without violence or a split along ethnic or religious lines. He has also led a period of significant financial and economic reforms (Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2007). Following independence, Kazakhstan engaged in a programme of economic reforms where prices were liberalized, trade distortions reduced, and small/medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) privatised. The treasury and budget processes were dramatically improved. More recently, a framework for public resource management was introduced which lays the foundation for a modern civil service. The creation of a National Fund (in 2000) to save part of the revenues from oil and other extractive industries has been used to increase social spending and share the benefits of economic growth. Since 2000 the economy has shown significant signs of improvement with GDP annual growth in 2006 at 10.6% (World Bank, 2006). The government is attempting to promote economic diversification and growth in the non-oil sector. Diversification into labour-intensive sectors is necessary for growth in employment and incomes, as well as to reduce the economy’s vulnerability to swings in the price of oil. It is against this political and economic background that we consider politico-administrative patterns in Kazakhstan by examining the actors, structures and processes supporting the administration of the Office of President of Kazakhstan.Item Open Access African Development at Risk(African Politics and Policy Newsletter, 2019-07-30) Pelizzo, RiccardoIn 2018 Abel Kinyondo, Zim Nwokora and I co-authored a paper entitled ‘Development in Africa’ which was eventually published by World Affairs. In the article we claimed that the development progress that countries in Sub-Saharan Africa had experienced was the result of several factors...Item Open Access African Politics and Policy №2(Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy, 2015-04) Niall, Duggan; Romualda, Stormy; Pelizzo, RiccardoItem Open Access African Politics and Policy №3(Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy, 2015-05) Umar, Aminu; Baris, Omer F.; Pelizzo, RiccardoItem Open Access African Politics and Policy №4(Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy, 2015-06) Romualda, Stormy; Pelizzo, RiccardoItem Open Access African Politics and Policy №5(Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy, 2015-07) Kinyondo, Abel; Romualda, Stormy; Pelizzo, RiccardoItem Open Access African Politics and Policy №6(Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy, 2015-09) Romualda, Stormy; Pelizzo, RiccardoItem Open Access African Politics and Policy №7(Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy, 2015-10) Michele, Croce; Kinyondo, Abel; Pelizzo, RiccardoItem Open Access African Politics and Policy №8(Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy, 2015-11) Baris, Omer F.; Pelizzo, RiccardoItem Open Access African Politics and Policy, №1(Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy, 2015-03) Baris, Omer F.; Kilama, Blandina; Pelizzo, RiccardoItem Open Access African Politics and Policy. №.10.(Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy, 2016-01-16) Pelizzo, RiccardoItem Open Access African Politics and Policy. №.11(Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy, 2016-02-11) Kinyondo, Abel; Pelizzo, RiccardoItem Open Access African Politics and Policy. №.12(Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy, 2016-03-12) Bekenova, Kristina; Pelizzo, RiccardoItem Open Access African Politics and Policy. №.13.(Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy, 2016-04) Stormy, Romualda; Pelizzo, Riccardo; Bekenova, KristinaItem Open Access African Politics and Policy. №.14.(Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy, 2016-05) Pelizzo, Riccardo; Bekenova, Kristina