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This book highlights the main factors determining the quality of public administration in conflict affected countries; and assesses to what extent the conflict determines and impacts on the performance of public administration in affected countries. The main value added by this book is confirming the general expectation that there is no direct and universal link between the conflict and public administration performance (and vice-versa). One may need to argue that each country situation differs and specific factors of internal and external environments determine the trends of public administration performance in conflict affected countries. To achieve the overarching goal of the book, sixteen country studies were developed from all relevant continents - America, Africa, Asia and Europe: Bangladesh, Colombia, Croatia, Egypt, Georgia, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Palestine, Paraguay, Philippines, Serbia, South Africa, Uganda, Ukraine, and Venezuela.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction, Contextual Background and Scope.- 2. The Role of Public Administration in the State-building Process: A Literature Review.- 3. Public Administration in Eypt After the Arab Spring.- 4. Public Administration in Iraq: The Post-ISIS Transition.- 5. Public Administration in Conflict Affected Countries: The Case of Palestine.- 6. Reconstructing Governance and Public Administration Capacities in Managing the Resettlement of Displaced Persons in North-East Nigeria.- 7. Post Conflict Reconstruction, Governance and Development: Had the Tide Turned in South Africa?.- 8. 35 Years of Reforms in Uganda: Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?.- 9. Bangladesh: Passage through Conflict to Stability and Public Administration Reform.- 10. Public Administration in the Philippines: Overcoming Conflict and Post-Conflict Challenges.- 11. Croatian Public Administration: Good Governance Accompanies by an Authoritarian Legacy.- 12. Public Administration in Countries in Conflict: The Case of Georgia.- 13. Rebuilding Public Administration in Post-War Kosovo.- 14. Serbia: Stumbling Through to Better Compliance but Worse Performance.- 15. Ukrainian Public Administration as a Cross-Road.- 16. Public Administration, Institutional Capacity and Internal Conflict in Colombia: An Intertwined Relationship.- 17. Public Administration Reforms in Paraguay: Challenges to Professionalization.- 18. Venezuela: Devastating Effects of  Long Conflict of Political Instability.- 19. Synthesis: The Relations Between Conflict and Public Administration Performance.