作者: Yaamina Salman

Akhlaque Haque is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. His work is widely published in major journals and peer-reviewed publications, with a focus on public administration, urban affairs, and public health, some of which have received national recognition. Dr. Haque spent over 18 years as the Director of the MPA Program at UAB and has held leadership positions in national commissions and organizations like NASPAA and ASPA in the United States. He is also a Senior Fulbright scholar and has led international training workshops for scholars and senior civil servants from Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka. Dr. Haque is currently serving as the Vice Co-Chair of the South Asian Public Administration Network (SANPA) and the General Secretary of the Bangladesh Development Initiative (BDI, USA).   Yaamina Salman is Professor and Director at the Institute of Administrative Sciences at the University of the Punjab (Pakistan). Prof. Dr. Salman has a Ph D in Management from University of Edinburgh Business School. Her Ph D research was carried out under the supervision of renowned public management academics, Prof. Stephen Osborne and Dr. Tony Kinder on public management reforms in developing countries with an emphasis on health sector reforms in Punjab. She teaches courses on Governance, Public Management, International Development, Organisational Design, Organisational Behaviour and Qualitative Research Design, Methods & Analysis. Currently, she is also contributing to the Common Training Program (CTP) for civil service probationers at Civil Services Academy. She has presented her research at IRSPM’s (International Research Society for Public Management) Annual Conferences. Her research interests include design and delivery of public sector reform, political economy of reform, international development, citizen engagement and coproduction. She has worked as Conference Coordinators for IAS International and National Conferences. She is also Regional Editor (Developing Countries) for Public Management Review.