ASEAN integration needs political will from a sense of shared history 327.0
As an exercise in foresighting, TrendNovation Southeast web magazine asked me in April 2011 to write a scenario template on the future of ASEAN integration fit to go into its Delphi process. The...
View ArticleASEAN maritime security is better served by Asian collective security 330.0
I think the Aquino Administration is 100% correct in visiting Japan and discussing the Spratlys after sponsoring the first ever ASEAN Maritime security meet on the West Philippine Sea in Manila. We...
View ArticleInnovation Policy supplies the dynamism for inclusive development 333.0
In the immediately previous post on October 4, Inclusive development needs an innovation and entrepreneurship policy, I introduced a definition of inclusive development. I argued that the two solutions...
View ArticleGovernment productivity growth also needed for inclusive development 334.0
Other than installing entrepreneurship and innovation policy for the private sector, big improvements in government productivity are also needed to achieve inclusive development. Still, if you search...
View ArticleUS awards for Science and for Technology and Innovation 335.0
President Obama recently awarded national medals to seven scientific researchers and five technologists and innovators. The awards caught my eye because the Americans separated the medals for science...
View ArticleCrises cracking globalization along the varieties of capitalism 336.0
Varieties of capitalism is a line of inquiry in political science for describing capitalism’s broad brush based on the elements that make it work. Professor July Teehankee of La Salle introduced the...
View ArticlePolitical Science is natural limit to a joyful journey of synthesis 337.0
Political science seems the natural limit to an enjoyable journey of synthesis that started with innovation. For an emerging market, I always believed that Government has a big role to play in catch up...
View ArticleTechnocrats quietly fortify institutions as Filipino politicos bicker 338.0
Technocrats have been asked to temporarily govern Greece and Italy as the professional politicians seem fearful of doing the necessary and lose votes. We are fortunate that Filipino technocrats in the...
View ArticleDutch disease raised real exchange rate and caused deindustrialization 339.0
Our leading policy technocrats are near the leading edge in taking up innovative policy analysis tools for the economy – to analyze for possible Dutch disease and for a small model that accounts for...
View ArticleDSGE policy tool adapted by Bangko Sentral yields biased insights 340.0
DSGE is the newest type of policy analysis tool adapted by the Bangko Sentral(BSP). It complements the existing set of econometric models it uses as aids in policy making, particularly inflation...
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