Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgement to Country -- Language, Grammar, and Referencing -- Abstract -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Entering the Journey into Genius Loci -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Sense of Place -- 1.3 Journey into Landscape -- 1.4 PreCursors for This Journey -- References -- 2: Place, Country, and Genius Loci -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Navigating the Western Philosophy of Genius -- 2.3 Navigating the Landscape of Genius -- 2.4 Navigating Country [of Genius] -- 2.5 Roadmaps to Reading, Experiencing, and Understanding -- References -- 3: Sense of Place: The Western District of Australia -- 3.1 Living in Australia Felix -- 3.2 Rhythms: The Land Beyond the Sky -- 3.3 Rhythms Tapestry -- References -- 4: 1800-1840: Country Dreaming -- 4.1 'Here Is My Country … -- My Barbary' -- 4.2 Paths Through Grasses -- 4.3 Points on Waark -- 4.4 Scoria, Bough, and Leaf -- 4.5 Dancing Fires in Grasses -- 4.6 White Cockatoo Twilight -- 4.7 Sacred Voices in the Landscape -- 4.8 Country Dreaming Tapestry -- References -- 5: 1830-1870: Colonial Noontide -- 5.1 Designs and Reflections -- 5.2 Swagmen to the Skies -- 5.3 Campfires on the Plains -- 5.4 Split Slabs and Bluestone -- 5.5 Cowpastures of Themeda -- 5.6 Land of the Hunt -- 5.7 'Light on the Iron' -- 5.8 Noontide Tapestry -- References -- 6: 1860-1900: 'Sunlit Afternoon' -- 6.1 Knowing 'The Land Out There' -- 6.2 'Where the Earth Met the Sky' -- 6.3 Markers on the Plains -- 6.4 Crowning Follies -- 6.5 'Immeasurable, Grassy Plains' -- 6.6 Domains of Jumbucks -- 6.7 'Rust on the Iron' -- 6.8 Sunlit Afternoon Tapestry -- References -- 7: Salient Threads and Contemporary Narratives -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Salient Threads -- 7.3 Contemporary Narratives.
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An aspect of good governance is an effective system of land administration. A central component of this is the comprehensive registration of rural property title by the state to create more secure and legally protected tenure for farmers and cultivators. In response to the need for comprehensive land titling in rural areas in most states of Southeast Asia, major reform programs have been implemented to this end in recent years. However, constraints have been encountered, resulting in only variable progress in achieving comprehensive registration, especially of small land holdings. These constraints will be examined in the article in relation to both individual and communal tenure. Also considered will be institutional constraints that have impeded registration. In conclusion the article will explain the impediments in title registration in relation to three sets of factors: poor standards of governance, receptivity of traditional communities to title registration and policy capture of title registration by business and bureaucratic elites.
Reform of government regulation of private business has been considered a cornerstone of good governance and a necessary condition for economic growth. Part of regulatory reform is reducing and streamlining administrative or procedural regulations imposed on business by government bureaucracies. Such regulations impose burdens on firms in terms of the time and effort required to file forms, delays in processing documents and applications and in granting approvals, transactional costs if charges are levied, and obstacles resulting from arbitrary decisions by government officials during the process. The article will consider the burdens on business caused by regulatory procedures imposed by bureaucracy in the countries of Southeast Asia, and how the reform of such procedures has varied across region, with a particular focus on certain key business functions, viz. starting a business, importing and exporting, paying taxes, and constructing a commercial building. The article will posit explanations of why such variation exists and will discuss links between reform of regulatory procedures and the level of social and economic development of a country. In conclusion, the scope for reform of regulatory procedures in those countries where they remain especially burdensome, will be examined, with consideration given to what reforms are necessary and feasible.
Two key principles of government procurement are value for money for the end user agencies and the public, and fairness in the treatment of suppliers and contractors based on equal access and impartial evaluation of bids. It is widely recognized that these can be best guaranteed through competitive tenders and quotations. While competition in government procurement was previously substantially curtailed in most states in Southeast Asia, a series of reforms in the last ten years or so have been introduced with a view to widening competition. Priority has been given to the adoption of open tenders as the norm, and imposing restrictions on less competitive methods of procurement. To achieve greater competition, reforms have also been introduced to improve transparency and to combat corruption in the procurement process. Nonetheless, obstacles remain to achieving a fully competitive procurement market in most states. These include continued preferential arrangements, loopholes and ambiguities in the reforms, continuing high levels of corruption, limitations of transparency, and shortcomings in the system of accountability of procuring entities. Three reasons are given to explain why obstacles remain, namely a protectionist belief in promoting the domestic business sector, vested interests amongst political, administrative and business elites to limit competition, and a lack of institutional capacity in procuring entities to manage complex competitive tenders. Adapted from the source document.
Two key principles of government procurement are value for money for the end user agencies and the public, and fairness in the treatment of suppliers and contractors based on equal access and impartial evaluation of bids. It is widely recognized that these can be best guaranteed through competitive tenders and quotations. While competition in government procurement was previously substantially curtailed in most states in Southeast Asia, a series of reforms in the last ten years or so have been introduced with a view to widening competition. Priority has been given to the adoption of open tenders as the norm, and imposing restrictions on less competitive methods of procurement. To achieve greater competition, reforms have also been introduced to improve transparency and to combat corruption in the procurement process. Nonetheless, obstacles remain to achieving a fully competitive procurement market in most states. These include continued preferential arrangements, loopholes and ambiguities in the reforms, continuing high levels of corruption, limitations of transparency, and shortcomings in the system of accountability of procuring entities. Three reasons are given to explain why obstacles remain, namely a protectionist belief in promoting the domestic business sector, vested interests amongst political, administrative and business elites to limit competition, and a lack of institutional capacity in procuring entities to manage complex competitive tenders. Adapted from the source document.
This article examines the shortcomings that have arisen over the years in Singapore's open and competitive procurement system for public works. The shortcomings are due to the central priority frequently given to bid prices at the expense of key non-price factors, namely work quality, contractor reliability, work safety, and environmental sustainability. In the light of these shortcomings, the article considers the reforms which have been implemented by the Singapore government to ensure such non-price factors are given greater priority and become decisive criteria in both the award of public works contracts and in the evaluation of contractor performance. The article further discusses the reasons for the government's commitment to promote non-price factors in public works, highlighting Singapore's global standing, national aspirations, competitiveness, and changing public expectations. To guide the analysis, the article draws on market failure theory as applied to the procurement market, which avers that open and competitive systems of procurement may mal-function by failing to deliver value for money as a result of compromising work quality and contractor reliability, and by thwarting the achievement of social objectives such as work safety and environmental sustainability. Adapted from the source document.
