ECO 5109 Recit (Week 2)

Understanding Development

1

This means that people think the exact same way. We discussed that elites are the opposite of this.

Monolithic

2

To achieve institutional change, we shouldn't prioritize the "Best Practice" but instead, the _______________.

Best Fit

3

This means that institutional change cannot achieve perfection, instead it aims for _________________.

Second Best Institutions

4

What type of institution is more difficult to change?

Informal Institution

5

This word means that one does not wish to be involved in political action

Technocrat/Technocratic Lines

Crazy about DE

1

Behavior of a DE leader that allows him/her to recover from setbacks and persistently use whatever resources can be mobilized

Grit

2

A tool used in DE that maps stakeholders related to the policy proposal where they are grouped according to level of influence and their stand on the policy being pushed

Coalition Action Map/Political Map/Coalition Analysis and Action Map

3

Refers to easy to understand ratios/rates of change that are easy to collect and can link the policy intervention and the desired development outcome used to evaluate whether the policy intervention is successful or not

Measures that Matter

4

Refers to the DE tool that summarizes the daily activities of the DE practitioners and track important milestones such as meetings with government offices and significant events in the reform process

Timeline

5

Give one of the policy reforms that led to the development of the DE concept (5 possible answers)

Telecommunications, Civil Aviation, Sea Transport, Property Rights, Excise Tax on Alcohol/Tobacco

Batas, Batas, Paano ka Ginawa?

1

What are the three possible actions/decisions that the President can do when the legislative branch submits an approved bill to his/her office? (All or nothing with complete details)

1. Sign; 2. Veto; 3. No Action (will become law in 30 days)

2

After First Reading, what happens to a bill?

Referred to the committee in-charge

3

During the second reading, can you tell me one of the two things that happens before the Third Reading? (2 possible answers)

Period of Interpellations/Period of Amendments

4

Who sets the agenda of the senate plenary?

Majority Floor Leader

5

Who heads the House of Representatives? (Full Name and Position)

House Speaker Martin Romualdez

Entrep Logic? It's Magic

1

Can you tell me one example where Linear Logic is more appropriate than Entrepreneurial Logic?

Engineering/Hard Sciences/Medicine

2

Another term for making small bets?

Learning by Doing

3

What does entrepreneurial logic say about the future? "The Future is ___________ and not ______________."

Made; Predicted

4

Entrepreneurial logic which means looking for opportunities and conjunctures and act when they emerge

Expect and exploit surprises

5

The willingness to listen to others, be challenged and take a back seat when needed

Humility/Small Ego

Reform, I Choose You!

1

Criteria for selecting reforms that answers the question: Is change likely to spread well beyond the initial project site?

Scale

2

Criteria for selecting reform that answers the question: Is the reform likely to continue without additional donor support?

Sustainability

3

People involved in the process of understanding the politics of a particular policy reform, no matter how well connected or smart, will always have ________ information

Partial/Incomplete

4

In DE, the goal is to achieve reforms that are both _________________ and __________________.

technically-sound and politically possible

5

What economic principle is relevant in explaining IMPACT as a criterion for selecting reforms using DE?

People respond to incentives