January 2021

The digitally induced increase of wicked problems as a challenge for politics and public management

This paper aims to shed light on the connection between two developments that are increasingly shaping countries all over the world, especially in the western hemisphere: The boost in wicked problems and the rapidly advancing digitization. It also deals with the challenges this poses to politics and public administration. Some fields of action, which are closely related to the current socio-technical changes, are...

Author(s): Olaf Winkel

January 2021

Basis for policy formulation: Systematic policy analysis or intuitive policy decision?

This study aims at assessing the extent to which the Ethiopian policies are based on rational policy analysis. Explanatory analysis methods are used to analyze primary and secondary qualitative data. The finding shows that in the policy making process only one policy option was investigated and crafted; the criteria used to evaluate the proposal are not clear; sophisticated solution methods haven’t been used....

Author(s): Selamawit Weldeslassie