Arsenio M Balisacan
Biographic Data
| ID | 220511 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arsenio M Balisacan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arsenio M |
| FAMILY NAME | Balisacan |
| SIGNATURE | BALISACAN A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Philippines Diliman |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Why Has Growth Not Been Pro-Poor in the Philippines, and What to Do About it
The Philippines and Regional Development
A decade and a half since the Philippines embarked on a major program of decentralization, the authors of this book have undertaken a detailed examination of all aspects of the nation’s regional dynamics and policies. Their analysis extends to comparable experiences in East Asia, particularly China and Indonesia. The lessons of this book are relevant not only for an audience interested in the Philippines – a large developing nation with a populat…
Going beyond Crosscountry Averages
The Philippine Economy
The Philippines is one of the world's development puzzles. Despite having many of the same conditions for successful economic growth as its neighboring East Asian countries, the country missed out almost completely on the Asian boom and never became one of the “Asian tiger” economies. This book presents a comprehensive overview and thorough analysis of the Philippine economic experience. It covers a wide range of specialized subjects including ma…
An Introduction to the Key Issues
Provides an overview of the book. It illustrates how the chapters are organized to cover the four major facets of the Philippine economy and development policy – the political economy setting, macro and international dimensions, the sectors, and finally social and distributional issues. It features a broad comparative survey of the country's development and highlights the major episodes that have affected this development record. It concludes by …
Growth, Inequality and Politics Revisited
Revisiting growth and poverty reduction in Indonesia
"Indonesia has an impressive record of economic growth and poverty reduction over the past two decades. The growth-poverty nexus appears strong at the aggregate level. Newly constructed panel data on the country's 285 districts (kotamadyas/kabupatens), however, reveal huge differences in poverty changes, subnational economic growth, and local attributes. Results of econometric analysis show that besides growth, other factors directly influence th…
The Philippine Development Puzzle
Introduction The Philippines is one of the world's major development puzzles. In the immediate aftermath of the Pacific War, and despite extensive wartime destruction, it had one of the highest per capita incomes in East Asia: above South Korea and Taiwan; significantly higher than Thailand, Indonesia, and China; and below only Japan, the then Malaya, and the city states of Hong Kong and Singapore. Among newly independent countries, its initial c…
The Rural Road to Poverty Reduction
This paper examines how government policies and institutional arrangements affect rural welfare outcomes. Reviewing the Philippine experience, it shows that inappropriate policies and institutions stifle the response of the rural sector to agricultural growth, with adverse effects on the rural poor and overall economic development. Besides economic growth, policies that foster rural infrastructure, favorable agricultural terms of trade, and agrar…
Effects of Non‐Farm Employment on Rural Income Inequality in Developing Countries
This paper makes several points based on a review of household survey evidence from Africa, Asia and Latin America. (i) In contrast to conventional wisdom, the evidence is very mixed as to the effect of non‐farm employment on rural income inequality. The non‐farm employment and microenterprise programmes now in vogue will not necessarily resolve rural income inequality problems and attendant social tensions nor automatically benefit the poor. (ii…
Growth, Redistribution and Poverty
The usual claim in policy discussions is that the Philippines is an exception to the standard story about economic growth and poverty reduction in East Asia. This article uses decomposition analysis to examine the evidence and explore the proximate sources of poverty change in the 1980s and 1990s. Results show that, among other things, growth in recent years has been beneficial to the poor, both absolutely and relatively. The main reason for the …
Growth, Redistribution and Poverty
Anatomy of Poverty during Adjustment
Agricultural Growth, Landlessness, Off-Farm Employment, and Rural Poverty in the Philippines
Revisiting growth and poverty reduction in Indonesia
"Indonesia has an impressive record of economic growth and poverty reduction over the past two decades. The growth-poverty nexus appears strong at the aggregate level. Newly constructed panel data on the country's 285 districts (kotamadyas/kabupatens), however, reveal huge differences in poverty changes, subnational economic growth, and local attributes. Results of econometric analysis show that besides growth, other factors directly influence th…
Going beyond Crosscountry Averages
Agricultural Growth, Landlessness, Off-Farm Employment, and Rural Poverty in the Philippines
The Rural Road to Poverty Reduction
This paper examines how government policies and institutional arrangements affect rural welfare outcomes. Reviewing the Philippine experience, it shows that inappropriate policies and institutions stifle the response of the rural sector to agricultural growth, with adverse effects on the rural poor and overall economic development. Besides economic growth, policies that foster rural infrastructure, favorable agricultural terms of trade, and agrar…
Anatomy of Poverty during Adjustment
The Philippine Development Puzzle
Introduction The Philippines is one of the world's major development puzzles. In the immediate aftermath of the Pacific War, and despite extensive wartime destruction, it had one of the highest per capita incomes in East Asia: above South Korea and Taiwan; significantly higher than Thailand, Indonesia, and China; and below only Japan, the then Malaya, and the city states of Hong Kong and Singapore. Among newly independent countries, its initial c…
Growth, Redistribution and Poverty
The usual claim in policy discussions is that the Philippines is an exception to the standard story about economic growth and poverty reduction in East Asia. This article uses decomposition analysis to examine the evidence and explore the proximate sources of poverty change in the 1980s and 1990s. Results show that, among other things, growth in recent years has been beneficial to the poor, both absolutely and relatively. The main reason for the …
Agricultural Growth, Landlessness, Off-Farm Employment, and Rural Poverty in the Philippines
Anatomy of Poverty during Adjustment
Effects of Non‐Farm Employment on Rural Income Inequality in Developing Countries
This paper makes several points based on a review of household survey evidence from Africa, Asia and Latin America. (i) In contrast to conventional wisdom, the evidence is very mixed as to the effect of non‐farm employment on rural income inequality. The non‐farm employment and microenterprise programmes now in vogue will not necessarily resolve rural income inequality problems and attendant social tensions nor automatically benefit the poor. (ii…
Growth, Redistribution and Poverty
The usual claim in policy discussions is that the Philippines is an exception to the standard story about economic growth and poverty reduction in East Asia. This article uses decomposition analysis to examine the evidence and explore the proximate sources of poverty change in the 1980s and 1990s. Results show that, among other things, growth in recent years has been beneficial to the poor, both absolutely and relatively. The main reason for the …
Growth, Redistribution and Poverty
The Philippine Development Puzzle
Introduction The Philippines is one of the world's major development puzzles. In the immediate aftermath of the Pacific War, and despite extensive wartime destruction, it had one of the highest per capita incomes in East Asia: above South Korea and Taiwan; significantly higher than Thailand, Indonesia, and China; and below only Japan, the then Malaya, and the city states of Hong Kong and Singapore. Among newly independent countries, its initial c…
The Rural Road to Poverty Reduction
This paper examines how government policies and institutional arrangements affect rural welfare outcomes. Reviewing the Philippine experience, it shows that inappropriate policies and institutions stifle the response of the rural sector to agricultural growth, with adverse effects on the rural poor and overall economic development. Besides economic growth, policies that foster rural infrastructure, favorable agricultural terms of trade, and agrar…
The Philippine Economy
The Philippines is one of the world's development puzzles. Despite having many of the same conditions for successful economic growth as its neighboring East Asian countries, the country missed out almost completely on the Asian boom and never became one of the “Asian tiger” economies. This book presents a comprehensive overview and thorough analysis of the Philippine economic experience. It covers a wide range of specialized subjects including ma…
An Introduction to the Key Issues
Provides an overview of the book. It illustrates how the chapters are organized to cover the four major facets of the Philippine economy and development policy – the political economy setting, macro and international dimensions, the sectors, and finally social and distributional issues. It features a broad comparative survey of the country's development and highlights the major episodes that have affected this development record. It concludes by …
Growth, Inequality and Politics Revisited
Revisiting growth and poverty reduction in Indonesia
"Indonesia has an impressive record of economic growth and poverty reduction over the past two decades. The growth-poverty nexus appears strong at the aggregate level. Newly constructed panel data on the country's 285 districts (kotamadyas/kabupatens), however, reveal huge differences in poverty changes, subnational economic growth, and local attributes. Results of econometric analysis show that besides growth, other factors directly influence th…
Going beyond Crosscountry Averages
The Philippines and Regional Development
A decade and a half since the Philippines embarked on a major program of decentralization, the authors of this book have undertaken a detailed examination of all aspects of the nation’s regional dynamics and policies. Their analysis extends to comparable experiences in East Asia, particularly China and Indonesia. The lessons of this book are relevant not only for an audience interested in the Philippines – a large developing nation with a populat…
Why Has Growth Not Been Pro-Poor in the Philippines, and What to Do About it
Economic growth (11 works) · Economics (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Development economics (10 works) · Poverty (9 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (5 works)