The Punjab and Global Governance: Lessons from the Advanced Models of Alberta, Zurich, and Massachusetts

Abstract

The research seeks to discover the reasons behind the success of the advanced governance models of Alberta, Zurich, and Massachusetts with the vision to provide lessons and strategies for the transformation of the Punjab Governance. Since the inception of Pakistan, the Punjab has struggled to achieve effective governance, with no solution proving to be a panacea for its persistent inefficiencies. By employing Ostrom’s Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework, this study adopts a mixed methodological approach to collect and analyze the data, discovering transcendental strategies and golden principles of the global models. The results ascribe the factors of open-system approach, ICT and data Governance, specialised human resources, and policy alignment as the chief reasons for the robustness of modernised models of Alberta, Zurich, and Massachusetts. Consequently, the study offers policy recommendations for the Punjab Governance model to undergo reformation by application of the open-system model aimed at enhancing efficiency in line with global standards.