Sector-specific development and policy vulnerability in the Philippines

• Main Author: RICKS, Jacob I.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Development; Institutional Capacity; Policy Reform; Philippines; Irrigation; Asian Studies; Political Science; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2142; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3399/viewcontent/2016_SectorSpecificPhilippines_ForSharing.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Why does a state build institutional capacity in certain sectors rather than others? Despite having gained leverage explaining the emergence of institutions in the developmental states of East Asia, we have comparatively weak accounts for sub‐national variation in institutional strength, a much more...