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RESEARCH
Research in the area of public administration is limited, and the current economic difficulties of the country have affected science as well. The state is busy solving immediate issues rather than strategic ones as a result of limited financial resources. There is little state-solicited research, and publications are scarce. There are a few specialised research centres operating within the university system, with research activities conducted by lecturers.
Armenian School of Public Administration
ASPA conducts research and offers consulting services in the following areas:
- development of public administration systems;
- strategy of public administration reforms;
- improvement of local self-government;
- formation of a public service system and the creation of a draft public service law;
- development of a public service personnel policy;
- community economic and financial management;
- human resources management;
- democratisation of the public administration;
- improvement of the social system;
- political processes in democratic societies;
- problems of global civilisation stability.
The Public Service printing house was founded by ASPA in March 1999. Several books on public administration have been published recently and, in addition, some books focusing on the public administration experience of European countries have been translated into Armenian (SIGMA Papers 1, 16, 21 and 22).
American University of Armenia
AUA’s Centre for Policy Analysis (CPA) conducts multidisciplinary applied research in social, political and legal fields to assist Armenia’s transition to a democratic state. The Engineering Research Centre conducts research on technological problems relevant to the economic development of Armenia. The Environmental Research and Management Centre has developed a Geographic Information System for Armenia. The Legal Resource Centre is building a collection of print and electronic legal materials in the fields of comparative constitutional and financial law.
Non-University Institutions Conducting PA Research
The Economic Research Institute (ERI) of the Ministry of Finance and the Economy is focused on the problems of economic regulation. Its fields of research are:
- analysis of the market economy transition process and the development of the state economic policy;
- design of economic and organisational privatisation mechanisms;
- design of public administration structures;
- design of the state economic regulation system;
- improvement of budget systems.
The Management and Economic Reforms Institute (MERI) of the government was founded in 1992. The institute was subordinated to the Ministry of the Economy in 1995 and to the Ministry of Privatisation in 1997. Until 1997, the institute’s primary activities were designing draft laws and structural reform plans for the public administration system. After the Ministry of Privatisation took over, the institute shifted its priorities to improving the privatisation process and state property management. The institute’s research is presently less focused on public administration reforms. In general, the European and comparative dimension in public administration research is rather limited.
Researchers in Public Administration
American University of Armenia
Donald Fuller
Vatche Gabrielian (Yerevan State University, Central Bank of Armenia)
Armenian School of Public Administration
Khachatur Bezirdjian
Rudik Haroyan
Mariam Markaryan
Edward Ordyan
David Tumanyan
Management and Economic Reforms Institute
Samson Davoyan
Arzuman Hakobyan
Economic Research Institute
Beniamin Yeghiazaryan
