Smart city initiatives have been researched primarily in the developed country context. In developing countries, however, emerging technologies are enabling progress on urban functionality, productivity, and livability. A deeper understanding of facilitative policy conditions unique…
As the United States and the European Union retreat from their foreign-aid commitments, only one country has the resources and the interest to assume the mantle of global development leadership. The world will have to…
The Belt and Road Initiative represents an opportunity to internationalise the Chinese model of state-led economic growth supported by massive infrastructure rollouts. With prudent strategy and thorough monitoring, the initiative could herald a departure from…
Water resource management is a crucial issue in the rapidly urbanizing Pearl River Delta. This study’s contribution is a systematic analysis of water governance in China’s ‘one country–two systems’ setting. The principal finding is that…
It is clear that cloud computing offers considerable benefits for governments and businesses in ASEAN. For these benefits to be realized, there is a need for a more concerted effort—within and among ASEAN member countries—to…
While the conceptualization of policy capacity and its application to governance performance have been addressed in the academic literature, existing governance indices appear not to consider policy capacity in its many nuanced forms. This shortcoming…
Plastic bags and bottles have been an obvious menace for decades, but the emergence of microplastics will test the policy capacity of governments in new ways. Adopting elevated standards for water quality, improving treatment technologies,…
Following Berkeley’s example, governments should apply soda tax revenue to nutrition and physical education programmes, and include information about sugar in school curricula. The approach should consider local conditions, enhance education, and provide access to…
The frontier of possibilities presented by cloud computing is just now being fully realized, and governments must be forward-thinking in understanding and embracing these trends. The implications for economic growth are immense: cloud computing has…
China has an opportunity to strengthen its emerging global leadership role in urban sustainability. However, it must first implement an effective vision for how sponge city initiatives complement broader environmental governance efforts. Improving regulatory enforcement…
