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Industrial Agglomeration in the Philippines
Reyes-Macasaquit, Mari-Len - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
The economic reform process in the Philippines was accelerated in the 1980s and 1990s. The reforms were found to have yielded positive results in terms of the nature of industrial agglomeration in the country as this was found to have occurred in the 1990s based on the results of the survey and...
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A Comparison of the Industrialization Paths for Asian Services Outsourcing Industries, and Implications for Poverty Alleviation
Tschang, F. Ted - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
early stages of development (in the People’s Republic of China [PRC] and the Philippines) and one mature one (in India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652195
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A Comparison of the Industrialization Paths for Asian Services Outsourcing Industries, and Implications for Poverty Alleviation
Tschang, F. Ted - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
early stages of development (in the People’s Republic of China [PRC] and the Philippines) and one mature one (in India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652200
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Industrial Agglomeration and Industrial Policies : The Philippine Experience
East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER); … - 2008
In the relatively new body of ideas dubbed new economic geography and spatial economics, we find insights on the potentials of industrial agglomeration for regional and national economic development. This paper looked into the evolution of industrial development in the country as a means of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363678
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Competition Policy and Regulation in Power and Telecommunications
Patalinghug, Epictetus E.; Llanto, Gilberto M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
Following the global trend in using private sector participation in infrastructure financing and development, the Philippines has largely utilized privatization as a major approach to the development of infrastructure, particularly in power, water, transport, and telecommunications sectors. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365326
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Globalization and the Need for Strategic Government-Industry Cooperation in the Philippine Automotive Industry
Aldaba, Rafaelita M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
The industrys lack of competitiveness, absence of economies of scale and a weak supply base are the fundamental issues that must be addressed in order to strengthen the industry and integrate it with regional production networks of foreign automakers. The entry of cheap, smuggled second-hand...
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Industrial Agglomeration, Production Networks and FDI Promotion The Case Study of China
Jianglin, Zhao; Xiaobing, Zhou; Minghui, Shen - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
Chinas Industrial clustering is a distinguished economic phenomenon over the last 20 years. It began to enter into its fast track in the mid-1990s and developed rapidly in recent years. Both market-driven force and government-driven force contribute to Chinese industrial clusters. The opening...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365507
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Korea’s Unemployment Insurance in the 1998 Asian Financial Crisis and Adjustments in the 2008 Global Financial Crisis
Kim, Sung Teak - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
This paper analyzes the impacts of the 1998 and 2008 financial crises on the Korean labor market. We study the historical background of the Korean Employment Insurance System and the change of labor policies from the 1998 Asian financial crisis to the current 2008 global financial crisis. While...
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Alternative Approaches to the Development of Early Childhood Education in Singapore
Wei, Yong Yik; Chongvilaivan, Aekapol; Yang, Chew Jing - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
entrepreneurship and, believing that it is important to begin with a good educational foundation, the features of some alternative …
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Entrepreneurship in Pakistan
Haque, Nadeem Ul - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
Entrepreneurship is viewed by economists to be a combination of innovation and risk taking. When such activity thrives … benefit form growth and employment as well as throughopportunities for entrepreneurship. In Pakistan innovation and risk … protection and subsidy polic ies determined winners in the market place, entrepreneurship has been diverted to seeking government …
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