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The Specific Allocation Fund (DAK) : Mechanism and Uses
Usman, Syaikhu; Mawardi, M. Sulton; Poesoro, Adri; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
This study aims to analyze the management of the Specific Allocation Fund (DAK). The three largest DAK-recipient sectors are the focus of the study : education, health, and roads infrastructure. The study sample areas are four districts. This paper was compiled based on the results of in-depth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363884
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Political Economy of Public Capital Formation in Japan
KONDOH, Haruo - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
This paper investigates public investment policy (mainly from the 1980s onwards) with a political-economic approach. The points of this paper are as follows. First, at the macro level, it is possible that the short-term fluctuation of public investment has been controlled by the government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365471
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Convergence in nutrient intakes and examination of nutrition-income elasticities in sub Saharan Africa: Implications on Health and welfare
Ogundari, Kolawole - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
The objective of the study is twofold: first, to investigate whether a nutrition convergence process exists in sub … covering 1975-2009 cum balanced panel of 1505 observations was employed for the analysis. The convergence hypothesis is … Curve. However, the empirical results show that the null hypothesis of no nutrition convergence is strongly rejected, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011068606
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Channels of Interprovincial Consumption Risk Sharing in the People’s Republic of China
Du, Julan; He, Qing; Rui, Oliver M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
This paper analyzes consumption risk sharing among provinces in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) during 1980–2007. The analysis finds that 9.4% of shocks to gross provincial product are smoothed by the interprovincial fiscal transfer system. This system also cushions a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651629
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Channels of Interprovincial Consumption Risk Sharing in the People’s Republic of China
Du, Julan; He, Qing; Rui, Oliver M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
This paper analyzes consumption risk sharing among provinces in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) during 1980–2007. The analysis finds that 9.4% of shocks to gross provincial product are smoothed by the interprovincial fiscal transfer system. This system also cushions a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651636
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From Access to Income : Regional and Ethnic Inequality in Indonesia
Suryadarma, Daniel; Widyanti, Wenefrida; Suryahadi, Asep; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This study investigates regional and ethnic inequality in Indonesia from five dimensions : access to education and health facilities, education outcome, health outcome, voice, as well as income and consumption. We believe this is the first comprehensive study that looks at ethnic inequality in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363649
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Japan’s Post-Triple-Disaster Growth Strategy
Kawai, Masahiro; Morgan, Peter J. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
The Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011 was the biggest earthquake recorded in Japanese seismic history, and the fourth largest recorded in the world. The scope of the disaster far exceeded that of the Hanshin Earthquake of 1995. The repercussions of this disaster spread far...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278121
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How Low-Carbon Green Growth Can Reduce Inequalities
Anbumozhi, Venkatachalam; Bauer, Armin - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
Half of the world’s population—3 billion people—lives below the poverty line, and Asia has the largest share. In pursuit of sustainable economic development and poverty alleviation, there is great potential among low-income households for green consumption, production,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278123
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Japan’s Post-Triple-Disaster Growth Strategy
Kawai, Masahiro; Morgan, Peter J. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
The Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011 was the biggest earthquake recorded in Japanese seismic history, and the fourth largest recorded in the world. The scope of the disaster far exceeded that of the Hanshin Earthquake of 1995. The repercussions of this disaster spread far...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278232
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How Low-Carbon Green Growth Can Reduce Inequalities
Anbumozhi, Venkatachalam; Bauer, Armin - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
Half of the world’s population—3 billion people—lives below the poverty line, and Asia has the largest share. In pursuit of sustainable economic development and poverty alleviation, there is great potential among low-income households for green consumption, production,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278237