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A Review of Build-operate-transfer for Infrastructure Development
     After a brief period of success in using the BOT approach to provide infrastructure, the country faces a loss of interest and retreat by private investors in this mode of infrastructure provision. Citing the experience with some BOT projects in the country, this book by Dr. Gilberto Llanto of PIDS discusses various issues that policymakers and stakeholders have to address in order to improve BOT implementation in the country.

Why Cement Prices Remain High despite Zero Tariffs
    Trade reforms, in particular reduction and/or removal of tariffs on imports, are aimed to bring about lower prices of certain goods. In the case of the cement industry, though, despite the government’s imposition of zero tariffs on cement imports, the price(s) of cement continued to rise unabatedly. Why? What explains this? Read on...

How Do Philippine Provinces Fare in Terms of Human Development?
    Ranking provinces in terms of human development, which provinces fared well and which fared badly across time in each of the components of the human development index? This Policy Note, based on Chapter 3 of the latest Philippine Human Development Report (PHDR), provides the answers.

The Janus Face of Price Controls
    Are price controls the best answer to alleviating consumer pains in the face of rising prices of basic commodities and services? Do they help the economy as well? Find out in this EID issue.

Coping with Climate Variability and Change
     As has been the tradition, the September-October issue of the DRN features the celebration of the Development Policy Research Month (DPRM) whose theme for this year is “Coping with climate variability and change” in response to the alarming impacts of the global climate change phenomenon.

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