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Caroline Brassard worked as an economist for the Government of Ontario in Canada, and then undertook research and long term consultancy work on poverty reduction strategies for several international non-governmental organizations in developing countries, including United Nations Children's Fund in Madagascar, CARE in Bangladesh and Save the Children in Vietnam. She then went on to undertake a Phd in Economics at the University of London, where she taught empirical analysis for economics and management for two years, prior to joining the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
Caroline continues to consult with various international organizations including the United Nations Development Program and she teaches on aid governance, research methods, economic development policy, poverty alleviation strategies and empirical analysis for public policy. Her current research focuses on aid governance in Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia and Vietnam, comparing policies to alleviate poverty and reduce inequalities, Bhutan’s development based on Gross National Happiness and the development policy lessons from the Post-Tsunami reconstruction in Aceh, Indonesia. |
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Refereed Articles
- “Measuring of Aid Governance in Developing Countries: An Application to Post-Tsunami Aceh, Indonesia”, International Review of Administrative Science, Vol. 75. No. 4 (forthcoming December 2009).
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“Multi-level Assessments for Better Targeting of the Poor: A Conceptual Framework”, with Scott Fritzen in Progress in Development Studies, Volume. 7, Number. 2, pp. 99-113, 2007
- “Bat Binh Dang va Nhung Lua Chon Chinh Sach” [Inequality: A Policy Assessment], with Scott Fritzen, Hoat Dong Khoa Hoc [Science Activities Review], Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 57-60, 2006 [Vietnamese academic journal published by the Ministry of Science and Technology]
- “Wage and Labour Regulation Within the Poverty Alleviation Agenda in Vietnam”, Policy and Society, Volume 23, Number 2, pp. 49-77, 2004
Edited Books
- “Labour Market Regulation and De-regulation in Asia: Experiences in the Recent Decades”, edited with Sarthi Acharya, Academic Publishers, Delhi, June 2006, 229 pp.
Book Chapters
- “Political and Economic Prospects of the Growing China-Bhutan Relations” Chapter in “South Asian Perspectives on China’s Rise”, edited by the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore (forthcoming, 2009)
- “Decentralization, Democratization and Development in Bhutan”, Chapter 2 in “South Asian Perspectives 2007”, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, Macmillan Press, May 2009.
- “Introduction and Overview”, with Sarthi Acharya, Chapter 1 in “Labour Market Regulation and De-regulation in Asia: Experiences in the Recent Decades”, edited with Sarthi Acharya, Academic Publishers, Delhi, June 2006, pp. 21-31.
- “Impact of Wage and Labour Regulation in Vietnam” Chapter 4 in “Labour Market Regulation and De-regulation in Asia: Experiences in the Recent Decades”, edited with Sarthi Acharya, Academic Publishers, Delhi, June 2006, pp. 81-109.
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- “Key Principles Underlying the New Modes of Aid Governance in Asia” with Teresita Cruz-del Rosario, paper for the Development Studies Association Annual Conference for the panel organised for the 60th anniversary of the journal Public Administration and Development on “What Future for Development Management?”, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland (September 2-4, 2009)
- “Trajectories of Inequality in Vietnam: Lessons from China”, paper for the International Conference on Public Policy for Sustainable Development, at the International Institute of Public Policy and Management (INPUMA), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (August 4-5, 2009)
- “The Employment Agenda in Vietnam: What’s in it for the Poor?” paper for the International Workshop on Remaking the Vietnamese State: Implications for Vietnam and the Region, City University, Hong Kong (August 21-22, 2008)
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- “Learning from Post-Tsunami Reconstruction Processes in Asia” with Patrick Daly (forthcoming 2010)
- “Development Paths and Happiness: Alternative Frameworks in Asia”, edited with Takayoshi Kusago (forthcoming 2009)
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- “Good Aid Governance in Comparative Perspective: Indonesia and Vietnam”
- “Good Aid Governance in Comparative Perspective: Nepal and Bhutan”
- “Using Case Studies on the Post-Tsunami Reconstruction for Capacity Building of Development Partners” Chapter in “Learning from Post-Tsunami Reconstruction Processes in Asia” with Patrick Daly
- “Overview: Introduction and Contextual issues on happiness, alternative development path, and GNH” Chapter in “Development Paths and Happiness: Alternative Frameworks in Asia”, edited with Takayoshi Kusago
- “Development Policy under the Gross National Happiness Framework”, Chapter in “Development Paths and Happiness: Alternative Frameworks in Asia”, edited with Takayoshi Kusago
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- “Curriculum Review Exercise for the Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration” for the Royal Institute of Management, Thimphu, Bhutan, December 2005
- “Vietnam Inequality Report 2005: Assessment and Policy Choices” with Scott Fritzen, Synthesis paper of the Department for International Development (UK) DFID Drivers of Inequality in Vietnam” Project commissioned by the Vietnam National Assembly, Hanoi, August 2005
- “Agriculture in Times of Crisis: Impacts in South East Asia of the Economic Crisis”, for the Australian Agency of International Development, with Gus Hooke, Peter Warr, Barry Shaw, and Adam Fforde, 1999.
- “The Living Standards of Children in Vietnam: A Conceptual Framework to Disaggregate Data From The Living Standard Measurement Survey 1992/1993”, Save the Children Fund, UK, Hanoi, Vietnam, 1999.
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- “The Role of the Singapore Armed Forces in Post-Tsunami Relief in Aceh and Nias” Case Study with Jenny Ong as joint case writer, February 2008
- “Land-Titling and Gender Equity in Post-Tsunami Aceh”, Case Study with Meutia Chaerani as joint case writer, September 2007
- “Building from the Rubble: The Reconstruction of Aceh and Nias and Indonesia’s Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency” Case Study with Windel Anne Barizo Lacson as joint case writer, September 2006 also presented at the workshop on “Evolving a Regional Model for Good Governance in Rural Development” organized by the Centre for Integrated
- Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) in collaboration with the London Commonwealth Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan (November 26-30, 2007)
- “The Use and Misuse of Data: The Case of Foreign Workers in Singapore” Case Study with TC Lai as joint case writer, May 2006
- “Streaming in Education: Singapore’s New Education System in 1979” Case Study with TC Lai as joint case writer, February 2006
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| Op-Eds, Policy Briefs: |
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- “Employment and Education Policies in Vietnam: Suggestions for a Strategic Approach”, (forthcoming, November 2009)
- Bhutan’s Contribution to Public Policy Making”, Op-Ed article for the Asian Journal of Public Affairs, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (forthcoming January 2008)
- “Teaching Quantitative Methods Through a Community-Based Data Analysis Exercise”, in Ideas on Teaching, Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning, National University of Singapore, Vol. 3, (forthcoming December 2007)
- “Protecting Values in a Changing World”, Kuensel, National Newspaper of Bhutan, Thimphu, July 17, 2004
- “Are Learning Patterns Different on Mars and Venus?”, Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning Brief, National University of Singapore, Vol. 7, No 1, 2004
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