Policy recommendations of international bureaucracies: the importance of country-specificity

Busch, P.-O., Feil, H., Heinzel, M. , Herold, J., Kempken, M. and Liese, A. (2021) Policy recommendations of international bureaucracies: the importance of country-specificity. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 87(4), pp. 775-793. (doi: 10.1177/00208523211013385)

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Abstract

Many international bureaucracies give policy advice to national administrative units. Why is the advice given by some international bureaucracies more influential than the recommendations of others? We argue that targeting advice to member states through national embeddedness and country-tailored research increases the influence of policy advice. Subsequently, we test how these characteristics shape the relative influence of 15 international bureaucracies’ advice in four financial policy areas through a global survey of national administrations from more than 80 countries. Our findings support arguments that global blueprints need to be adapted and translated to become meaningful for country-level work.

Item Type:Articles
Additional Information:Funding by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as part of the Research Unit International Public Administration (IPA) with grant number LI 1947/4-1 is gratefully acknowledged.
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Heinzel, Dr Mirko
Authors: Busch, P.-O., Feil, H., Heinzel, M., Herold, J., Kempken, M., and Liese, A.
College/School:College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Politics
Journal Name:International Review of Administrative Sciences
Publisher:Sage Publications
ISSN:0020-8523
ISSN (Online):1461-7226
Published Online:27 May 2021

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