Governance and Policy Critique (GAP) ISSN 2581-9593 is aspiring to be the flagship academic publication of The Change Foundation(TCF). GAP is one of the crucial arms of TCF committed to publish and disseminate rigorous theoretical, applied and empirical research that augments our existing understanding of public policies and their impact. We welcome original and unpublished essays from all social science disciplines and all shades of intellectual persuasions. All essays published in the Journal are subjected to rigorous peer review, based on initial editors’ screening and double-blind referring by independent experts.