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Windraty Siallagan and Jenny Stewart
University of New South Wales Canberra, Australia Many commentators have questioned the suitability of New Public Management reforms for developing countries, citing a disjunct between existing conditions, and the requirements for successful implementation of the reforms. However, few studies have considered the impact of within-country variability on implementation outcomes. In order to explore this question, we investigated the implementation of financial management reforms in four different governance settings within Indonesia. Despite a common implementation approach, we found that outcomes differed markedly between these sites, suggesting the importance of contextual factors within the one country, as well as the significance of implementation-related variables.
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Natasha Lindfield
University of South Wales Canberra, Australia and Anthea McCarthy-Jones University of Canberra, Australia Leadership is viewed as essential to good governance practice, yet what is our understanding of its impact on innovations and failures in development at the local government level? While a number of theories of leadership exist to analyze the performance of leaders in the private sector, these theories are yet to be used to systematically analyze political leaders at a local government level in developing nations. This article suggests that the full-range framework for leadership is a useful tool to analyze political leadership and provide insight into whether there is a distinctive leadership style or combination of styles that are needed for effective leadership in local government. It reviews relevant leadership literature and provides examples of local government leaders from the Philippines and Indonesia that would benefit from analysis using the full range framework. Veara Kim
Univesity of Phnom Penh, Cambodia The Cambodian rice industry has recently experienced fast upgrading. This is evident in the increasing amount of milled rice exports to international markets. This study aims at examining how and what factors have affected the upgrading of the Cambodian rice industry by applying the concept of value chain governance and examining the role of institutional support, especially that of government. Primary interviews and questionnaire surveys involved 119 respondents, including rice millers, exporters and other key industry stakeholders while a wide range of secondary data sources were consulted. The study reveals that two major factors affected the upgrading: (1) value chain governance, which refers to the power relations among actors, and (2) institutional supports, including government actions on policy and directives and its, facilitation of access to finance, market development and capacity building of exporters. The success of the upgrading can be seen as an example of public-private collaboration. MODELLING INVESTMENT IN NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE: AUSTRALIA AND SWEDEN IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE17/1/2019 José Alberto Hernández Ibarzábal
University of Pompeu Fabra Spain This article constructs a model of the natural gas sector and then applies it to analyze the cases of Sweden and Australia over the 2000-10 period. This qualitative case comparison is focused on the multidimensional and multidisciplinary process surrounding financial (or private) investment in natural gas infrastructure with special emphasis on institutional conditions, regulatory governance and regulatory, energy and energy tax policies. The main objectives are to test a model that could be generalized to other countries and infrastructures; to generate knowledge in these areas on a theoretical level; and to present a comparison of two case study countries. |
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