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The Political Economy of Growth: A Review

Hazama, Yasushi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008

This cursory literature review discusses the direct and indirect effects of institutions, governance, and democracy on …. Even reforms that are less than comprehensive can stimulate, though not sustain, growth. Second, democracy neither promotes … but not democracy does not. The difference may be partly due to negative effects on investment and labor supply as well as …

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Diversified boundaries of the firm

Kimura, Koichiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

We analyze diversification of boundaries of local firms in developing countries under the economic globalization. The … globalization has an aspect of homogenization of the world economy, but also has another aspect of diversification through … international economic activities. Focusing on boundary-level of the firm, this article shows that the diversification from a …

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Establishing electoral administration systems in new democracies

Kawanaka, Takeshi; Asaba, Yuki - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

The difficulty of holding fair elections continues to be a critical problem in many newly democratized countries. The core of the problem is the electoral administration's lack of political autonomy and capability to regulate fraud. This paper seeks to identify the conditions for establishing an...

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Consensus and democracy in Indonesia : Musyawarah-Mufakat revisited

Kawamura, Koichi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

This paper analyzes customary practices of consensus decision making, called musyawarah-mufakat, as a basis of democratic stability in Indonesia. Musyawarah and mufakat (deliberation and consensus) are a traditional decision-making rule in Indonesia which has often been observed in village...

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Constitutional Review and Democratic Consolidation: A Literature Review

Hazama, Yasushi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2009

-enforcing function? In sum, the literature shows that constitutional review can make democracy self-enforcing if there is sufficient …

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Political conditions for fair elections

Kawanaka, Takeshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008

Democracy is not necessarily consolidated simply by the introduction of formal democratic institutions. It is often …

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The First Universal Suffrage Election, at County (Gewog) Level, in Bhutan

Ura, Karma - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2004

His Majesty the King of Bhutan has introduced steadily to deepen democracy. Beginning with a glance at the territorial …

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The Sandinista Revolution and Post-Conflict Development--Key Issues

Kagami, Mitsuhiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007

implemented a Cuban-type socialist system, but the system failed and democracy was established during 1990-2007. Considering this …

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Is the Indonesian President strong or weak?

Kawamura, Koichi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2010

This paper analyzes the newly institutionalized political system in democratizing Indonesia, with particular reference to the presidential system. Consensus has not yet been reached among scholars on whether the Indonesian president is strong or weak. This paper tries to answer this question by...

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Interaction of powers in the Philippine presidential system

Kawanaka, Takeshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2010

The executive - legislative relations in the Philippines have been described in two contrasting stories, namely the "strong president" story, and the "strong congress" story. This paper tries to consolidate the existing arguments and propose a new perspective focusing on the "compromise...

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