Economic Governance in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines: the Case of Banking Sector Reforms

• Project/Area Number: 24510339
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: Shinshu University
• Principal Investigator: MIKAMO Shingo 信州大学, 学術研究院社会科学系, 教授 (90377614)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 経済ガバナンス / 政治制度 / 東南アジア政治経済 / 金融改革 / 中央銀行改革 / 国際研究者交流 / 経済・金融改革 / 東南アジア / 政治経済 / 政治学方法論 / ビジネスと政治 / 国際政治

Outline of Final Research Achievements

What are factors that improve economic governance? How do political institutions affect economic governance and reforms? This research examines the political process of banking sector reforms after economic crises during the past three decades in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. This research reveals that both independent and effective central bank and political institutions that strengthen integrative power of the government for critical economic and banking reforms are vital to improve economic governance.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Business Associations and Politics in the Post-EDSA Philippines: Neither Oligarchy Nor Civil Society (2013)
  • Author(s): Shingo Mikamo
  • Journal Title: Philippine Political Science Journal Volume: 34 Pages: 6-26
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] フィリピン政治経済から何が見えるのか：複数性と共同性、そして相対化の試み (2013)
  • Author(s): 西村知、不破信彦、美甘信吾
  • Journal Title: アジア太平洋討究 Volume: 21 Pages: 1-22
  • NAID: 120005334160
• [Journal Article] The 'development' of political science : Which way now in the Philippines ? (2013)
  • Author(s): Shingo Mikamo
  • Journal Title: 信州大学経済学論集 Volume: 64 Pages: 1-14
  • NAID: 120007111034
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Economic governance: what can we learn from the experiences of Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines? (2015)
  • Author(s): Mikamo, Shingo
  • Organizer: 2015 Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies in Asia (SEASIA) Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Kyoto University
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-12 – 2015-12-13
• [Presentation] 東南アジア諸国の経済ガバナンスは改善されているか：フィリピンとタイの金融ガバナンスの比較研究 (2014)
  • Author(s): 美甘信吾
  • Organizer: 2014年アジア政経学会西日本大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-29
• [Presentation] 「フィリピンの経済ガバナンスは改善されているか：一国事例研究の意義と限界」 (2012)
  • Author(s): 美甘信吾
  • Organizer: フィリピン研究全国フォーラム
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学
• [Presentation] Peculiar Stability: Banking Reforms and Politics in the Post-EDSA Philippines, 1986-2010
  • Author(s): Shingo Mikamo
  • Organizer: The 2014 AAS (Association for Asian Studies) Annual Conference: Philadelphia, USA
  • Place of Presentation: アメリカ、フィラデルフィア
• [Presentation] 金融と政治：何が問われているのか
  • Author(s): 美甘信吾
  • Organizer: 科研費 「フィリピン長期経済統計」研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 一橋大学、経済研究所
• [Presentation] Articulating and Analyzing Current Issues of Politics and Governance in the Philippines
  • Author(s): Shingo Mikamo (Panel Organizer)
  • Organizer: PSCJ (Philippine Studies Conference in Japan)2014
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学東南アジア研究所