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Rethinking World Bank Influence: Governance Reforms and the Ritual Aid Dance in Indonesia by D. Brent Edwards Jr

  • Professor Andrew Rosser,

An important contribution to our understanding of the Bank’s role in the politics of governance reform in the Global South, especially in education.

INTERVIEW: Is China’s welfare system changing and does it have capacity to care for its rapidly ageing population?

  • Professor Joshua Ka-ho Mok,

China is home to the largest population of older people in the world. How will it look after them?

Stewardship & governance of the medical profession & the salience of trust: Comparing the UK & India

  • Professor Sumit Kane & Professor Michael Calnan,

Both nations have moved away from a self-regulation model, partly due to scandals about performance and practices.

Three reasons social insurance coverage in Indonesia is low

  • Dr Victoria Fanggidae,

Indonesia’s social insurance system is plagued with low coverage and dropouts which may threaten its financial sustainability.

Is social policy now a well-established but ‘new’ form of economic development?

  • Dr Adam Fforde,

Economies such as Vietnam are growing in ways that shift economic activity to services rather than manufacturing.