The merit of an effective State is measured by the discernment of accountability, transparency, efficient service delivery exemplified in admirable performance of a responsive government that provides for sustainable socio-economic development.

The mounting demands for greater accountability and meritorious service delivery structures in government indisputably make Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) a powerful public management tool that can be used to improve the way governments and organizations achieve better results.

The latest edition of Introduction to South Africa’s Monitoring and Evaluation in Government provides a comprehensive study guide and useful resource for all public sector managers, development practitioners, undergraduate and post-graduate studies in the process of designing and building a results-based monitoring and evaluation system.

As our society experiences rapid socio-political changes, economic and technological developments, increased international transactions, the challenges of public administration grow more complex, more inter-dependent and more embracing.

Societal issues such as increasing demand for service delivery at both community and urban levels, growing unemployment, rapid urbanization and urban congestion, changes in consumption patterns, inflation, pressures of economic growth and development, security, health, education and environmental matters, including other concerns such as immigration and globalization influences are contending government policy issues that require ideal and efficient public administration and management.

South Africa’s Public Administration in Context is written as a comprehensive, useful resource for all public sector managers and students. The text provides in-depth analysis, relevant framework, systematic and informative coverage of all aspects of Public Administration in South Africa, including all bureaucratic practices and processes that contribute to efficient and effective governance and better implementation of public policy.

Unresolved Issues in International Law, Administration, Politics and Diplomacy is a blind peer reviewed book borne out of myriads of rhetorical and methodological dimensions of interpretations within the four identified disciplines that drive the human race and its survival within the global configuration.

As the world grapples with political and economic challenges of the past, present and future generations, it has become apparent that numerous social impacts of unresolved issues continue to mount in governments, civil societies and the international community without solutions and/or conclusive debate and policy imperatives that can direct the future of both developed and developing world.

The book is an attempt by authors towards demystifying those identified challenges in the four broad areas wherein analytical imperatives that provides better understanding on each subtitle towards dealing with the arguments thereof.

The book therefore comprises a guide to best topical issues in Law, Administration, Politics and Diplomacy which may be adaptable anywhere in the world. It is suitable for both professional institutionalization and capacity-building projects and training at different levels in the public, private and civil society organizations especially in local, national and international developmental context.

Trans-disciplinary Fundamentals of Development Assistance Management is the first of its kind in content and application, aimed at demystifying many unresolved issues in policy implementation and decision-making around national, regional, and international cooperation, which may be applied to any socio-economic policy environment.

The book draws its unique strength from diverse perspectives, ranging from Agriculture and food security policy to Development Assistance Management and other related disciplines that embodied the new field of study and further provides the required authoritative trans-disciplinary guide towards the newly identified niche area.