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The purpose of this study is to examine how differences in governance capacity shape urban–rural disparities in digital government maturity at the subnational level. Focusing on a developing country context, the study ...

IntroductionThe current paper suggests the conceptualisation of surveillance federalism as the theoretical framework to interrogate the recomposition of local and regional democratic autonomy in the context of multi-leve...

Rapid urbanisation across Africa is placing increasing strain on urban governance systems, intensifying long-standing challenges such as infrastructure deficits, inefficient service delivery, and limited institutional ca...

BackgroundE-budgeting is expected to improve transparency, traceability, plan–budget consistency, and accountability in local public financial management. However, in mandatory-use settings, formal system use does not ...

ObjectiveAgainst the backdrop of continued expansion in the scale of county-level public sport service provision in China without commensurate improvement in residents' user experience, and with persistent disparities in...

ObjectivesThis study examines whether smart city development is associated with improvements in medical service performance across Chinese provinces, addressing the limited large-scale quantitative evidence on digital go...

The article examines the effectiveness of the Maritime Security Architecture (MSA) in the Western Indian Ocean Region (WIOR), focusing on how well it addresses traditional, non-traditional, and emerging maritime threats....

Against the global backdrop of accelerating climate change and the urgent need for energy transition, understanding the role of protected areas in shaping renewable energy consumption has become increasingly important. U...

This study explores the opportunities and challenges facing African businesses in contributing to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals within the frameworks of Agenda 2030 and Agenda 2063, ...

IntroductionThis study attempted to explore the perception and experiences of facilitators and challenges in the implementation of modular, adaptive, and decentralized water infrastructure in the community. It also aimed...

Although vaccination remains one of the most impactful interventions in contemporary public health, with consistent and widely documented reductions in morbidity and mortality, the traditional empirical development of va...

BackgroundBuilt environments shape navigation, attention, and motor control through continuous brain–body-environment coupling, yet architecture, rehabilitation, and clinical mobility practice still lack a shared quant...