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    Labor and Grassroots Civic Interests in Regional Institutions

    Nesadurai, Helen E.S. | November 2010
    Abstract
    "There is a vibrant regional civil society in Asia with numerous civil society organizations (CSOs) advancing a range of economic, political and social causes using three key strategies, namely regional advocacy, civil society parallel summits, and civil society partnerships with states and regional institutions. Although regional institutions have become more willing to engage with non-elite or grassroots civil society and labor groups, business networks are still privileged in institutional processes. Consequently, regional institutions fail to tap the information and knowledge resources of CSOs to enhance the quality of regional institutional governance, defined as the effectiveness of governance institutions as well as their accountability to stakeholders. The paper outlines three interrelated strategies to correct this deficit. First, regional institutions should provide and safeguard a regional “public sphere” in which officials and a variety of CSOs, not just those sharing official views, can engage each other in reasoned discussion. Second, regional institutions should develop more formalized or regularized mechanisms (as opposed to ad hoc or informal measures) through which CSOs can submit research reports, position papers, and comments on the various items on the regional institutional agenda, particularly on new agreements. The Asian Development Bank’s NGO and Civil Society Center offers one institutional model. Third, regional institutions should establish formal accountability mechanisms such as a formal complaints procedure through which stakeholders and their CSO representatives can bring claims against regional institutions as well as internal and independent evaluation mechanisms. "
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    Nesadurai, Helen E.S.. 2010. Labor and Grassroots Civic Interests in Regional Institutions. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/1573.
    Keywords
    Development Economics
    Regional Economic Development
    Economic Impact
    Asian Development Bank
    Development
    Economic Boom
    Regional Economic Integration
    Good Governance
    Governance Approach
    Economic planning
    Economic structure
    Growth policy
    Trade relations
    Trade policy
    Trade policy
    Economic development
    Economies in transition
    International economy
    Border integration
    Economic integration
    Gross domestic product
    Trade policy
    Institutional Framework
    Public Administration
    Business Ethics
    Regional economics
    Economic forecasting
    Economic development projects
    Success in business
    Business
    Free trade
    Business
    Economics
    Communication in economic development
    Restraint of trade
    International economic integration
    Trade blocs
    East-West trade
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11540/1573
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    Author
    Nesadurai, Helen E.S.
    Theme
    Economics
    Governance
    Labor Migration
     
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