HKUST Public Policy Bulletin Issue No.2

Strengthening Community Resilience via Data Governance: Lessons from COVID-19 Dashboards

Veronica Qin Ting Li and Masaru Yarime

During the COVID-19 pandemic, interactive dashboards were used widely as effective data tools to track the spread of the virus and help citizens make informed decisions. Data tools could also be utilized to promote public trust and enhance community resilience if they are regulated by carefully designed data policies......

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HKUST Public Policy Bulletin Issue No.1

Innovation policy in the Greater Bay Area: Hong Kong and Shenzhen

Naubahar Sharif and Kevin Chandra

This study systematically compares the innovation policy frameworks in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. We find that innovation policies in Hong Kong are fragmented, overlapping, and lacking in coordination, while innovation policies in Shenzhen are driven by a focused top-down policy framework with a clear division of duties. In addition, there are considerable institutional and cultural gaps hindering the two cities from establishing an integrated regional innovation hub...... 

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