Stephen Howes
Biographic Data
| ID | 5243304 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Howes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Howes |
| SIGNATURE | HOWES S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy The Australian National University Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Papua New Guinea's Public Services Commission since independence
This paper investigates reforms to the Public Services Commission (PSC) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) since independence in 1975. It looks at the original role of the PSC and then the various reforms it has been subject to: in 1986, 2003, and 2013, by constitutional and legislative change, and in 2019, by court ruling. We argue that since independence, PNG's PSC has been at different times made both less and more powerful. We explain these conflictin…
The impact of independence on reported aid performance
Skill Development and Regional Mobility
Developing countries can lose part of their investment in training skilled workers who later emigrate. One innovative response is for migrants’ destination countries to help finance skilled emigrants’ training ex ante – linking skill creation and skill mobility. We describe one such project, the Australia-Pacific Technical College (APTC), which has financed vocational training in five Pacific island developing countries for employment both at hom…
Survey of Recent Developments
Outgoing Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's second-term record is creditable, measured against the targets he set himself in 2010, but deficient in key areas: economic reform, infrastructure investment, and anti-corruption. Indonesia's 2009–14 parliament has been active in economic policymaking, and will leave as its legacy a raft of protectionist legislation. Both presidential candidates, Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo and Prabowo Subianto, h…
The Influence of Aggregation on the Ordering of Distributions
Researchers often compare distributions using some criterion or other of inequality, poverty, or welfare. It is standard practice to base such comparative analysis on aggregated data. But will the results obtained be dependent on the degree of aggregation of the data? This paper argues, on the basis of a simulation study, that they will be, since the probability of obtaining a ranking can increase rapidly with the degree of aggregation. Aggregati…
Public distribution of food in India
Public distribution of food in India
The Influence of Aggregation on the Ordering of Distributions
Researchers often compare distributions using some criterion or other of inequality, poverty, or welfare. It is standard practice to base such comparative analysis on aggregated data. But will the results obtained be dependent on the degree of aggregation of the data? This paper argues, on the basis of a simulation study, that they will be, since the probability of obtaining a ranking can increase rapidly with the degree of aggregation. Aggregati…
Survey of Recent Developments
Outgoing Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's second-term record is creditable, measured against the targets he set himself in 2010, but deficient in key areas: economic reform, infrastructure investment, and anti-corruption. Indonesia's 2009–14 parliament has been active in economic policymaking, and will leave as its legacy a raft of protectionist legislation. Both presidential candidates, Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo and Prabowo Subianto, h…
Skill Development and Regional Mobility
Developing countries can lose part of their investment in training skilled workers who later emigrate. One innovative response is for migrants’ destination countries to help finance skilled emigrants’ training ex ante – linking skill creation and skill mobility. We describe one such project, the Australia-Pacific Technical College (APTC), which has financed vocational training in five Pacific island developing countries for employment both at hom…
The impact of independence on reported aid performance
Papua New Guinea's Public Services Commission since independence
This paper investigates reforms to the Public Services Commission (PSC) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) since independence in 1975. It looks at the original role of the PSC and then the various reforms it has been subject to: in 1986, 2003, and 2013, by constitutional and legislative change, and in 2019, by court ruling. We argue that since independence, PNG's PSC has been at different times made both less and more powerful. We explain these conflictin…
Economics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Independence (probability theory (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Agricultural Economics and Practices (1 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (1 works)