Wu Xun
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Publication A tale of two concessionaires: A natural experiment of water privatisation in Metro Manila(2008) Wu, X.; Malaluan, N.A.; LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICYPublication Ten fundamental questions for water resources development in the Ganges: Myths and realities(2013) Sadoff, C.; Harshadeep, N.R.; Blackmore, D.; Wu, X.; O'Donnell, A.; Jeuland, M.; Lee, S.; Whittington, D.; LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICYThis paper summarizes the results of the Ganges Strategic Basin Assessment (SBA), a 3-year, multi-disciplinary effort undertaken by a World Bank team in cooperation with several leading regional research institutions in South Asia. It begins to fill a crucial knowledge gap, providing an initial integrated systems perspective on the major water resources planning issues facing the Ganges basin today, including some of the most important infrastructure options that have been proposed for future development. The SBA developed a set of hydrological and economicmodels for the Ganges system, using modern data sources and modelling techniques to assess the impact of existing and potential new hydraulic structures on flooding, hydropower, low flows, water quality and irrigation supplies at the basin scale. It also involved repeated exchanges with policymakers and opinion makers in the basin, during which perceptions of the basin could be discussed and examined. The study's findings highlight the scale and complexity of the Ganges basin. In particular, they refute the broadly held viewthat upstreamwater storage, such as reservoirs inNepal, can fully control basinwide flooding. In addition, the findings suggest that such dams could potentially double low flows in the dry months. The value of doing so, however, is surprisingly unclear and similar storage volumes could likely be attained through better groundwater management. Hydropower development and trade are confirmed to hold real promise (subject to rigorous project level assessment with particular attention to sediment and seismic risks) and, in the near to medium term, create few significant tradeoffs among competing water uses. Significant uncertainties - including climate change - persist, and better data would allow the models and their results to be further refined. © IWA Publishing 2013.Publication Policy capacity: A conceptual framework for understanding policy competences and capabilities(Elsevier, 2015-09-01) X. Wu; M Ramesh; Michael Howlett; LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICYAlthough policy capacity is among the most fundamental concepts in public policy, there is considerable disagreement over its definition and very few systematic efforts try to operationalize and measure it. This article presents a conceptual framework for analysing and measuring policy capacity under which policy capacity refers to the competencies and capabilities important to policy-making. Competences are categorized into three general types of skills essential for policy success-analytical, operational and political-while policy capabilities are assessed at the individual, organizational and system resource levels. Policy failures often result from imbalanced attention to these nine different components of policy capacity and the conceptual framework presented in the paper provides a diagnostic tool to identify such capacity gaps. It offers critical insights into strategies able to overcome such gaps in professional behaviour, organizational and managerial activities, and the policy systems involved in policy-making.Publication Coping with the cold: Space heating and the urban poor in developing countries(2004) Wu, X.; Lampietti, J.; Meyer, A.S.; PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAMMEWhile providing affordable warmth to the urban poor is among the main challenges facing many developing countries, so far there has been no empirical work on the demand for space heating for the urban poor in developing countries. One explanation for this gap in the literature is that the urban poor often use a mix of fuels and it is virtually impossible to separate this mix into end uses such as heating, cooking, and lighting. This paper exploits a natural experiment in household survey data collected in three countries-Armenia, Moldova, and Kyrgyz Republic-to model household demand for space heating, and then derives policy implications for designing appropriate heating strategies to provide affordable warmth to the urban poor. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Publication Water resource development on the Ganges: Moving beyond ambiguity(2013) Whittington, D.; Wu, X.; LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICYPublication Health care reforms in developing Asia: Propositions and realities(2009) Wu, X.; Ramesh, M.; LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICYPublication Water resources management in the Nile basin: The economic value of cooperation(2005) Whittington, D.; Wu, X.; Sadoff, C.; LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICYPublication Health policy reform in China: Lessons from Asia(2009) Ramesh, M.; Wu, X.; LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICYDeclining access to health care and rapidly rising health expenditures are a matter of grave public concern in China. After decades of efforts to reduce its involvement, the Chinese government is currently in the process of reforming the sector through increase in public expenditures and expansion of health insurance. The objective of this paper is to assess the potential of the reform direction in light of international experiences with similar reforms. It argues - on the basis of examination of reform experiences in Korea, Singapore and Thailand - that financing reforms without parallel measures to improve the provision system, especially how providers are paid, are unlikely to address the problems and may actually aggravate them. If the financing reforms are to succeed, it is vital for China to reform the incentives that guide the providers' behaviour. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Publication Public sector transparency and corporate accounting practices in Asia(Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2008-12) Wu, Xun; Ramesh, M.; Fritzen, Scott; LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICYPublication Interdependence in water resource development in the Ganges: an economic analysis(IWA Publishing, 2013-03) Wu, Xun; Jeuland, Marc; Sadoff, Claudia; Whittington, Dale; LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY
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