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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 …

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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...

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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 …

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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 …

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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...

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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 …

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Investment and Capital Flows : Implications of the ASEAN Economic Community

Aldaba, Rafaelita M.; Yap, Josef T. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009

One of the objectives of the evolving ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is to promote free investment flows and freer capital flows. By deepening economic integration among them, ASEAN Member Countries can establish a region-wide production base that will attract more foreign direct investment and...

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Ten Years After : Financial Crisis Redux or Constructive Regional Financial and Monetary Cooperation?

Yap, Josef T. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007

In response to the 1997 East Asian financial crisis many schemes were initiated to reform the international financial architecture. The proposed reforms had two wideranging objectives : (i) to prevent currency and banking crises and better manage them when they occur; and (ii) to support...

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Managing Capital Flows : The Case of the Peopleââ‚¬â„¢s Republic of China

Yu, Yongding - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008

The relatively successful management of cross-border capital flows has enabled the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) to achieve an extremely high average growth rate of more than 10 percent while keeping inflation under control. The management of cross-border capital flows is an indispensable...

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THE CAPITAL INFLOWS PROBLEM IN SELECTED ASIAN ECONOMIES IN THE 1990s REVISITED : THE ROLE OF MONETARY STERILIZATION

Cavoli, Tony; Rajan, Ramkishen S. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005

This paper develops a simple model to examine the reasons behind the capital inflow surges into selected Asian economies in the 1990s prior to the financial crisis of 1997-98. The simple analytical model reveals that persistent uncovered interest differentials and consequent capital inflows may...

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