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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
Ten years after the crisis, Indonesia is still struggling to solve the problems in four major issues : economic … 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
decentralization policy in Indonesia. The GDS was designed to initiate a database that will be used for the evaluation. Similar to the …The Governance and Decentralization Survey (GDS) aims to evaluate the implementation of local governance and …
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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The Political Economy of Trade Policy in Indonesia
Soesastro, Hadi; Basri, M. Chatib - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
This paper focuses on Indonesia's trade policies after the economic crisis. It examines the trend towards protection … and addresses the issues of competitiveness. The concluding part briefly discusses Indonesia's policies on and involvement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365171
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Managing International Labor Migration in ASEAN : Themes from a Six-Country Study
Aniceto Orbeta, Jr.; Gonzales, Kathrina - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)3. The countries are grouped into sending (Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines) and receiving … embarked into substantial decentralization process. The Philippines research team look at the management of massive deployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277965
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Managing International Labor Migration in ASEAN : Themes from a Six-Country Study
Aniceto Orbeta, Jr.; Gonzales, Kathrina - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)3. The countries are grouped into sending (Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines) and receiving … embarked into substantial decentralization process. The Philippines research team look at the management of massive deployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278180
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Reducing Unemployment in Indonesia : Results from a Growth-Employment Elasticity Model
Suryadarma, Daniel; Suryahadi, Asep; Sumarto, Sudarno - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
Most of the unemployed in Indonesia are young and inexperienced, still live with their parents, and have at least 12 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363333