Governance
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More than ever before we realize the critical importance of helping countries govern themselves efficiently and fairly. Business and civil society must embrace these principles as well for a sustainable social compact.
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Developing Poor Little Rich Natuna’s Economy
(ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2017-06-27)
In March 2016, elite groups of Natuna and the neighbouring oil-and-gas district Anambas aspired to separate from Kepri to create their own province. Their aim was to secure more fiscal transfers from Jakarta. Among these people was Natuna’s former ...
Bridging Divide: Forging Cooperation and Fostering Collaboration
(Center for Economic and Social Development, 2017-06-30)
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Malaysia’s Oil and Gas Sector: Constant Expectations despite Diminishing Returns
(ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2022-03-02)Since the oil and gas (O&G) sector’s take-off in the 1970s, this natural bounty has yielded myriad benefits to Malaysia. While not falling into the ‘resource curse’ of an unquestioned reliance on natural resources, the O&G sector is nonetheless a key ... -
Asian Development Bank Member Fact Sheet: Tuvalu Updated March 2022
(Asian Development Bank, 2022-03-01)Tuvalu is a small island developing state comprising nine atolls in the South Pacific. It is geographically isolated and highly vulnerable to climatic and economic shocks. With a small private sector and limited resources to support socioeconomic ... -
How can the Philippines seize the opportunities in services trade under RCEP?
(Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2022-02-28)Despite being a wide-ranging trading arrangement (Ho 2020; Pearson 2020; Rivas 2020; Drysdale and Armstrong 2021), RCEP is considered a marginal regional trade agreement. This is because RCEP merely compiles the previous commitments of the Association ... -
Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic for Developing a Resilient ASEAN
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2022-02-28)The vast differences in the level of economic and social development, political governance, and policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic notwithstanding, nearly all ASEAN member states share a common outlook towards growth strategies. They will all ... -
How Much Has People Empowerment Progressed among Small Farmers and Fisherfolk? State of People’s Organizations in the Philippines
(Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2022-02-28)This is an attempt to quantify government’s performance in empowering small farmers and fishers following the provisions of AFMA. It establishes four dimensions of empowerment that may be used to measure empowerment and presents some evidence of how ... -
Market and State in Philippine Agricultural Policy
(Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2022-02-28)This chapter aims to evaluate the country’s agricultural modernization strategy under the lens of the market-driven approach. The early post-War period of economic policy relates to solving the food problem solution for low-income countries, which ... -
Modernizing Agriculture and Fisheries: Overview of Issues, Trends, and Policies
(Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2022-02-28)This paper offers an overview towards assessing the implementation of the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (RA 8435), the country’s landmark legislation on the sustainable and equitable development of its agriculture and fisheries. The study ... -
RSIS Beyond Relief! Singapore Humanitarian Network Issue 4
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2022-02-28)In our Feature Article, Lina Gong writes about the need to adapt humanitarian practices to new environments and constraints. The sector needs to reform, adapt and innovate to prepare for much more complex and uncertain futures. This issue’s On the ... -
COVID-19 and Voter Turnout in Europe and in Korea
(Korea Development Institute, 2022-02-21)Even while we are suffering from the pandemic, cyclical events arrive mercilessly as scheduled. While some of them are held virtually (i.e., online), and some of us are already used to virtual events, some cannot be completely virtualized, at least as ... -
Women in AI: Is There a Singapore Model?
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2022-02-21)The 4ᵗʰ Industrial Revolution introduced Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the forefront and very soon, if not already, AI will be embedded in almost all spheres of our lives. While AI technologies like Alexa and Siri have female ...