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Dynamics of Urban Mobility : A Comparative analysis of megacities of India

Reddy, B. Sudhakara; Balachandra, P. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

This paper aims to analyse urban mobility patterns and consequent impacts on energy and environment in India. We …

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Evaluating the Contributions of Regional Trade Agreements to Governance of Services Trade

Stephenson, Sherry; Robert, Maryse - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011

), as of June 2011. This paper discusses how RTAs support or debilitate the GATS in its governance function as the keeper of … governance by focusing on four different issues : architecture; compliance; ability to promote reforms; and actual impact of RTAs …

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Bangladesh Vision 2021

East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER); The … - 2012

Bangladesh came into being following more than two decades of political struggle culminating in the war of independence in 1971. This struggle was inspired by a vision for a democratic, non-communal, prosperous, and equitable society. After 15 years of parliamentary democracy, it is reasonable...

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Policy Reforms and Institutional Weakness : Closing The Gap.

Llanto, Gilberto M.; Gonzalez, Eduardo T. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007

The promise and potential of the Philippine economy has remained unrealized notwithstanding the countrys talented labor force, skilled professionals and relatively abundant resources. What ails the Philippines? This paper argues that the incompetence and downright corruption of Philippine...

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Keeping Dictators Honest : the Role of Population Concentration

Doy, Quoc-Anh; Campante, Filipe R. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009

In order to explain the apparently paradoxical presence of acceptable governance in many non-democratic regimes … propose that population plays a similar role in guaranteeing the quality of governance and redistribution. We argue and … threat to a dictatorship, inducing it to yield to more redistribution and better governance. We bring this centered concept …

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The State of Local Governance and Public Services in the Decentralized Indonesia in 2006 : Findings from the Governance and Decentralization Survey 2 (GDS2)

Widyanti, Wenefrida; Suryahadi, Asep - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008

The Governance and Decentralization Survey (GDS) aims to evaluate the implementation of local governance and … Governance Reform Project (ILGRP), and Urban Sector Development and Reform Program (USDRP), which were accommodated in the GDS2 …

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Governance, Institutions, and Regional Infrastructure in Asia

De, Prabir - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

This study is a comprehensive, empirical analysis of the linkages between governance, institutions, and regional … infrastructure. The empirical results indicate that governance and institutions are crucial for regional infrastructure development … : every one point improvement in governance results in a 1 to 1.5 point rise in regional infrastructure. Countries (and …

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Does Governance Matter for Enhancing Trade? Empirical Evidence from Asia

De, Prabir - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

The primary objective of this paper is to find whether or not the governance and institutions matter for enhancing … Asias trade. In this study, we have performed a comprehensive empirical analysis of the linkages between governance and … trade at the Asian subregional level. Our results indicate that all individual governance indicators except regulatory …

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