Public Policy Research in the Global South

- Introduction: The Added Value of Public Policy Research in the Global South. - Part I Theoretical Considerations and Global Public Policy Implications. - Ignoring the Brandt Line? Dimensions and Implications of the North-South Divide from Today's Policy Perspective. - Understanding Corruption in Different Contexts. - "Glocal" Public Policy in Times of Global Migration. - Public Policy and Ideation. - Part II Case Studies. - The Rise of Policy-Making and Public Policy Research in Colombia. - Re-democratization and the Rise of Public Policy as an Academic Discipline in Brazil: Push or Pull?. - Who Sets the Agenda? Analyzing Key Actors and Dynamics of Economic Diversification in Kazakhstan Throughout 2011-2016. - The Role and Activities of Policy Institutes for Participatory Governance in Ghana. - The Influence of Supra-institutions in Policy Making in Developing Countries: The Case of a Donor-Funded Community-Driven Development Program in The Gambia. - Designing the Export of Nurses: Whither "Asian Values" in the Emigration Policies of the Philippines?. - Afghan Migration and Pakistan's Policy Response: Dynamics of Continuity and Change. - Agenda Setting in India: Examining the Ganges Pollution Control Program Through the Lens of Multiple Streams Framework. - Entrepreneurship Education and the Promotion of Startup Development: The Case of Pilar, Paraguay. - Ideational Leadership and Legislation: The Right to Free and Compulsory Education in Pakistan.

Heike M. Grimm is an Aletta Haniel Professor for Public Policy and Entrepreneurship and serves as Director of the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the University of Erfurt. She previously served as a Professor of Policy Analysis and Public Management with the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy at the University of Malta. She studied Political Science, Economics, Economic History and Arabic at the University of Munich and the London School of Oriental and African Studies.