Does the UN Model Still Work? Challenges and Prospects for the Future of Mult…

Composed of original articles from academics and policy notes from practitioners, this book attempts to draw up the state of multilateralism through the UN model and identify potential ways to address its challenges and shortcomings. The contributors question the role of multilateralism, sometimes accused of being fragmented, inefficient and unrepresentative, and its impact on global governance…

EU Cohesion Policy Implementation - Evaluation Challenges and Opportunities

This work is mainly aimed at evaluating the reasons behind the inefficient execution of Operational Programs (OPs) aimed at promoting research and innovation (R&I), especially in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). To achieve this goal, we employed a three-stage slack-based measure (SBM) data envelopment analysis (DEA) model combined with Stochastic Frontier analysis (SFA), which i…

Higher Education in Romania: Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Opportunities

Romanian education policy was notoriously plagued by instability and a tendency to escape the normal policymaking cycle via top-down highly politicised reforms. After almost three decades, a new initiative by the President of Romania attempts to promote a more inclusive style of policymaking that would ensure wider societal support to upcoming educational reforms. The purpose of this articl…

Central Bank Policy Mix: Issues, Challenges, and Policy Responses

Central banks’ mandates cannot merely be to achieve price stability; they should be enlarged to include promoting financial system stability. To achieve this dual mandate, central banks are advised to formulate and implement a policy mix of interest rate policy, combined with exchange rate policy, capital flow management as well as macro prudential policy. This policy mix should be furthe…

Decolonizing Imperialized Upbringing Styles in the African Context