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The Impacts Of A Free Health Insurance Policy In Vietnam

Nguyen, Khoa (2021)

Social Health Insurance (SHI) is promoted as a policy that tackles the impoverishing effects of catastrophic spending that results from unexpected health shocks. This thesis contributes to the literature on the impact of ...
Hashtag NZPol: New Zealand Women Twitter Users and Political Participation Construction

Bickerton, Sarah (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

This dissertation addresses the research question of “How do women Twitter users in New Zealand construct political participation?” On the issue of the potential of the online spaces as political spaces, historical research ...
Employability Development Theory: Policy Implications for Supporting Youth at Risk of Limited Employment (YARLE)

McGirr, Mandy (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Many countries have applied various policies and programmes that aim to reduce numbers of NEETs (youth not in employment, education or training), or raise rates of low level qualification attainment among youth populations, ...
Transactional Leadership in the Public Sector: Integrating Public Values

Nguyen, Trang Thu (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Agreement exists that leadership studies should give increased attention to the application of generic leadership in specific contexts. In the public sector, a specific need exists to examine the effect of public values ...
Through the Lens of Networks: Health Promotion Policy Implementation for the Elderly at the Local Level in Thailand

Srichamroen, Wimonmat (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

The Thai government has included health promotion in its national policies and strategies to directly address the health of the elderly. Multiple government organisations at various levels are involved in this health ...
Surmounting Boundaries: Closing The Governance Gap Governance Arrangements In Public Sector Ict Shared Services

Williams, Richard (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Hundreds of millions of dollars of public money have been spent creating Public Sector ICT Shared Services (PSISS) based on expectations of improved customer service and cost reduction. Unfortunately, the promised benefits ...
Managing the Natural Resource Sector: A Case Study of the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in Papua New Guinea

Kinkin, Elly (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

This research is a study of the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project, the country’s biggest single investment in the extractive industry. The focus of the research is on understanding the impact and ...
Justice Performed: The Normative, Transformative, and Proleptic Dimensions of the Restorative Justice Ritual

Pointer, Lindsey (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

As William Everett notes, “Symbols and rituals are indispensable for our efforts to contain, transform, and resolve conflicts.” For this reason, the performance of justice is highly ritualized. Two contemporary examples ...
Behavioural insights and regulatory practice: A review of the international academic literature

van der Heijden, Jeroen (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

This research report presents findings from a broad range of international academic literature on the use of insights from the behavioural sciences in regulatory practice—an approach to regulation colloquially known as ...
Social Media and Youth Political Participation at the Time of Political Polarization: A Study on University Students in Indonesia during the 2017 Jakarta Gubernatorial Election

Wahyutama (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

Some studies theorized social media as fostering youth political participation by facilitating the development of online participatory cultures (Jenkins, 2009). Online participatory cultures provide young citizens with ...
Improving Policy Capability and the Quality of Policy Advice with Initiatives: Lessons from New Zealand Public Sector Agencies

Jahan, Khandaker Aftab (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

There continues to be discourse about declining policy capability at high government levels in Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Over the past 25 years, New Zealand public sector agencies have taken various ...
Regulatory philosophy, theory and practice: Ka mua, ka muri

van der Heijden, Jeroen (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

Regulation as a practice, profession and discipline has progressed considerably over the last 4,000 years. Modern regulation has shed its image of being a dull, rigid and highly legalistic way to achieve policy outcomes. ...
An analysis of how political governance of liquid fuels contributes to energy security in Papua New Guinea

Hualupmomi, Francis (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

This study examines how political governance of liquid fuels at the institutional level contributes to energy security in Papua New Guinea (PNG) from a political economic perspective. An interpretive methodology and critical ...
Risk governance and risk-based regulation: A review of the international academic literature

van der Heijden, Jeroen (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

This research paper presents findings from a broad scoping of the international academic literature on the use of risk governance and risk-based regulation. It addresses six themes: (1) the evolution of thinking about risk, ...
Constructing a Vocational and Educational Training System in Peru Drawing from Successful Cases in the Asia-Pacific region

Nano Amburgo, María del Carmen (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

Peru currently has a fragmented and incomplete approach to Vocational and Educational Training (VET). This presents a problem for the country’s growing demand for skilled human capital, especially the skills requirements ...
The diffusion of renewable electricity technologies in Small Island Developing States: The case of the Maldives

Azwar, Ali (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

Globally, the production of electricity has been heavily reliant on non-renewable resources. The situation in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) is no exception. Most SIDS, such as the Maldives, are highly dependent on ...
A STUDY OF EFFICIENCY MANAGEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC HOSPITAL SERVICES

Arulambalam, Ajit Manorai (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

There is increasing policy interest in ensuring that resources are used efficiently within New Zealand public hospitals which are under increasing constraint. This thesis presents a narrative based on a qualitative analysis ...
Autonomy of Public Service Delivery Units in Vietnam: An Institutional Perspective

Vo, Minh Thi Hai (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

Intrigued by the burgeoning commercialisation of public services in Vietnam, this research seeks to understand the nature of autonomy that public service delivery units have been given as part of the greater effort of the ...
From street-level to screen-level bureaucracy: Front-line public servants’ recordkeeping behaviours in ICT-enabled agencies

Rapson, Anita (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

Recordkeeping is a ubiquitous task within the public sector: public agencies rely on evidence of activities, in the form of public records, to coordinate activities, track resources, establish precedents, monitor performance ...
The impact of public managers' leadership styles on results-based planning practices in Vietnam

Pham, Ha (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

Over past decade, there has been increased use of results-based management in Vietnam and other countries, but little empirical research exists on results-based planning (RBP) in the planning functions of public organizations. ...