Colonial Rule's Inadvertent Consequence: How Extensive Spanish Colonization Promoted Better Governance among Philippine Provinces

• In Event: JSS 8
  In JSS Session: Junior Scholar Symposium-Comparative Cases from the Global South

Brief Overview

The study finds that a more pronounced presence of Spanish rule in the Philippine provinces are highly correlated with better governance and human development measures in the post-colonial era.

Author

• Rollin F. Tusalem, Arkansas State University-Main Campus