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From Throughout Asia: Honing Expertise in the Political Economy of Policy Reform

By V. Bruce J. Tolentino
The Asia Foundation

Economic policy reform is inherently political. Economic policies are codified into public laws, regulations, ordinances and other legal instruments that establish the ?rules of the game? and allocate access and assets among various members of the body politic. Changes in economic policy affect the status or welfare of communities in varying ways, often evoking resistance from those whose welfare or status may be diminished by the reforms.
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Greece: Bringing traffickers to justice must not be at the expense of the rights of their victims

Trafficking for forced prostitution in Greece is believed to have increased tenfold in the last 10 years. However, the government has not yet provided sufficient measures to protect and support trafficked women and girls, Amnesty International said today.
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Philippines: TXTPower hits NTC ruling, mulls raps commissioners

MANILA — TXTPower today denounced the decision of the National
Telecommunications Commission dismissing the complaint against Globe
Telecom over the company’s 100 percent increase in unlimited texting
rates in February this year.

Aside from filing an appeal, TXTPower is studying possible legal moves
against commission officials.
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KMP to block CARP extension and push for new law on land reform

MANILA — The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) vowed to do everything in its power to block the extension of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) and said that it would push for a new law that would implement genuine land reform.

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Philippines: Bedol merely invented stolen-COCs tale, says opposition

MANILA — Senate Minority Leader Aquilino ?Nene? Q. Pimentel,
Jr. (PDP-Laban) said the Genuine Opposition is not
buying the claim of Maguindanao provincial election
supervisor Lintang Bedol that he could not produce the
municipal certificates of canvass (COCs), statements
of votes (SOVs) and other documents on the results of
the May 14 polls in the province because they were
stolen from his office.
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