Announcement of
2006 East Asian Development Network (EADN)
Individual Research Grant (IRG) Competition

EADN received 54 proposals for Individual Research Grant (IRG) Competition, unexpectedly many more applications than the year before. Considering 3 main objectives of IRG, that is, raising academic standard, promoting multidiscipline research, and building research capacity in this region—EADN has now selected 13 grantees as follows.

No.

Applicant

Project

Country

1

Carlos C. Bautista

Analyzing economic fluctuations in emerging market economies: A research proposal

Philippines

2

Dionisius A. Narjoko

Taking Another View on the Role of Multinationals in Industrialisation: An Indonesian Experience

Indonesia

3

Ekoningtyas Margu Wardani

Food Security for Ethnic Community: the Case Study of Orang Rimba (Jambi, Sumatra) and Masyarakat Naulu (Seram Tengah, Maluku)

Indonesia

4

Joseph J. Capuno

Innovations in local public services under decentralization: Narrowing the gap between leaders and laggards in the Philippines

Philippines

5

Lan Anh Vu

Expenditure Inequality in Vietnam between 1997-98 and 2002 and Its Policy Implications

Vietnam

6

Lu, Jiangyong

FDI, Export, and Productivity of Chinese Manufacturing Enterprises

China

7

Nguyen Phuong Le

Development of Craft Making Industry: Changing the Patterns of Women’s Spatial Mobility

Vietnam

8

Nguyen Van Suu

Agricultural Land Appropriation and Farmer Livelihoods in Vietnam’s Red River Delta

Vietnam

9

Qing Mu

Chinese Firms’ Links with the Knowledge Sources: Cross Regional Analysis of the University-Industry Relationship in China and Evaluation of the Regional Innovation Systems

China

10

Ruzita Mohd Amin

Economic Integration Among ASEAN Countries: Evidence from Gravity Model

Malaysia

11

Telisa Aulia Falianty

Mapping East Asia Competitiveness in Monetary and Real Sector

Indonesia

12

Tereso S. Tullao, Jr.

The impact of temporary labor migration on the demand for education: Implications on the human resource development in the Philippines

Philippines

13

Zili Wang

Inheriting and Developing: A Performance Analysis of the Effects of Rural Tourism on the Change of Local Residents’ Concept and the Research on Supporting Policies under the Background of Building a New Socialist Countryside

China

Remark: 5 of 13 proposals are granted based on multidiscipline and/or capacity building criteria.

Each grantee will be contacted by EADN for guidance on research plan, budget, and contract in due course.

EADN would also like to express our sincere appreciation to all applicants for your kind interest to our grant competition.

If you have any inquiries, please contact Dr. Somchai Jitsuchon, Acting EADN Regional Coordinator at tao@tdri.or.th or Ms. Kwanjai Lekagul, EADN Program Officer at kwanjai@tdri.or.th.