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Administrative Reforms in the BRICS and Central and Eastern Europe: Improving Governance and Government Performance (Review of the BRICS Symposium, Moscow, 20-21 October 2022)
Public Administration Issues. 2023. No. 6. P. 7–29.
The article is a review of the research presented at the Fifth International Symposium On Development And Governance In The BRICS, primarily concerned with various administrative reforms carried in the BRICS as well as Central and Eastern Europe and oriented at improving governance and government performance. The studies reviewed have investigated such topics as: public administration in the post-COVID-19 world; public administration in relation to international project management; management of crisis, security and risks in public administration; assessment of the results of public administration reforms; and digitalization and provision of public services.
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