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Economic Crisis, Institutional Changes and the Effectiveness of Government : the Case of Indonesia
Perdana, Ari; Friawan, Deni - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
stabilization and recovery, democratic transition and political reform, decentralization of political power, and the redefinition of … government in delivering economic recovery. This paper argues that democratic transition and decentralization affects economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363280
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Do barangays really matter in local services delivery? Some Issues and Policy Options
Layug, Allan S.; Pantig, Ida Marie T.; Bolong, Leilani E.; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
This paper, which is borne out of the need to address scarcity of evidence-based studies on barangay financing, analyzes and evaluates key issues on financing of devolved functions at the barangay level, with particular focus on fund utilization and program allocation, and proposes some policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363285
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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 … decentralization policy in Indonesia. The GDS was designed to initiate a database that will be used for the evaluation. Similar to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363302
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Paradigms of Decentralization, Institutional Design and Poverty : Drinking Water in the Philippines
Singh, Satyajit - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This paper looks at the different paradigms of decentralization for drinking water supply in the Philippines and its … effectiveness in poverty alleviation. As centralization and decentralization are not definitive concepts, but defining features …, there are bound to be different pathways to decentralization. Indeed, within a defined national path, there could be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363665
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Extension Delivery System in a Layer and Swine-Based Farming Community : The Case of San Jose, Batangas
Baconguis, Rowena T. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
Public agricultural extension systems face increasing pressure resulting from diverse demands for services coupled with problems in declining funds. This study explores the role of a municipal agricultural extension system in the development of a robust agriculture-based municipality and their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363748
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Decentralization and Intergovernmental Finance in Japan
Aoki, Ichiro - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
to form a politically modern centralized country. Although Japan experienced a number of major decentralization processes …. While political trends in the 1990s favored government decentralization, promotion of decentralization became a challenge … for successive Cabinets. In 1999, the Diet enacted the Package Promoting Decentralization Act; this law repealed the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363837
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Asia and The G20
Drysdale, Peter; Willis, Sébastien - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
The industrial transformation of Asia is a development on a scale unprecedented in human history. Following the industrial revolution towards the end of the eighteenth century, Europe and North America each in turn came to dominate the world economy and global power. Now economic weight is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277990
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Joining Pre-existing International Production Networks : Implications for India’s Economic Integration to East Asia
Suh, Jeongmeen; Kim, Jong Duk - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
This study provides a conceptual framework to explain what kinds of difficulties a late-follower will suffer from when it tries to join pre-existing International Production Networks (IPNs). We consider the total production cost minimization problem by a multinational company (MNC) in allocating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278003
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Impact of Production Linkages on Industrial Upgrading in ASEAN, the People’s Republic of China, and India : Organizational Evidence of a Global Supply Chain
Machikita, Tomohiro; Ueki, Yasushi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
This paper presents a simple model of industrial upgrading as a result of backward and forward information linkages between upstream and downstream relations. It also serves as an empirical investigation of the impact of mutual knowledge exchange on the knowledge production function using data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278011
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Fiscal Policy Issues for India after the Global Financial Crisis (2008–2010)
Kumar, Rajiv; Soumya, Alamuru - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
The need for fiscal consolidation and sustainability is one of the key macroeconomic issues confronting Indian economy. This paper attempts to understand India’s current fiscal situation, its likely future development, and its impact on the economy in the context of a weak...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278027