From ‘Knee-Jerk’ Reaction to 10 year Strategic Safety Plan

Developing a water safety plan (WSP) is now a requirement for all service providers of drinking water in the Philippines. To assist compliance with the Philippine Department of Health (DOH), this study develops an index model that the DOH can use for evaluating WSPs and covers the WSPs of 14 water districts and 11 health care facilities. The WSP Index model was developed using a nine-step process and was tested in 25 WSPs to determine the robustness of its weights and benchmark. Approximately 21 WSPs received a passing mark when the 60% benchmark was used but only nine WSPs passed when the benchmark was raised to 74%. This Philippine model may be utilized by countries in evaluating the WSPs, and further adapted to their local context and considerations.

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Economic Origins of Electoral Support for Authoritarian Successors

Comparative Political Studies ◽

10.1177/0010414007300694 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 41 (3) ◽

pp. 362-388 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Byong-Kuen Jhee

Keyword(s):

Economic Performance ◽

Economic Voting ◽

Authoritarian Regime ◽

Economic Conditions ◽

New Democracies ◽

Democratic Transitions ◽

Short Term ◽

Knee Jerk ◽

The Past ◽

Electoral Support

This study explores how economic performance prior to democratic transitions affects the fate of successors to authoritarian rulers in new democracies. It investigates 70 founding election outcomes, finding that successful economic performance under an authoritarian regime increases the vote share of successors. It also finds that the past economic performance of authoritarian rulers decreases the likelihood of government alternation to democratic oppositions. Interim governments that initiate democratic transition, however, are neither blamed nor rewarded for economic conditions during transition periods. This study concludes that electorates are not myopic and that economic voting is not a knee-jerk reaction to short-term economic performance in new democracies.

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